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New Guidance Launched to ensure protecting World Heritage during the Renewable Energy Transition
UNESCO has launched the Guidance on Wind and Solar Energy Projects in a World Heritage Context, which is the updated and extended version of an existing online Guidance which was focusing first on ...
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Nouveau Guide lancé pour assurer la protection du patrimoine mondial durant la transition vers les énergies renouvelables
L’UNESCO a lancé le Guide sur les projets d’énergie éolienne et solaire dans un contexte de patrimoine mondial, qui constitue la version mise à jour et élargie d’un Guide en ligne existant axé dans un ...
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47 COM Side Event - Extractive Activities in UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Commitments, Risks and Investment Implications
A new report by UNESCO, the Church of England Pensions Board, Greenbank, IUCN, and WWF offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of the presence and proximity of areas licensed for oil, gas, and ...
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Les sites du patrimoine mondial menacés par les industries extractives, selon un rapport
L'UNESCO, le Church of England Pensions Board, Greenbank, l'UICN et le WWF appellent à une action plus forte des ...
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47 COM Side Event: Using the World Heritage Convention to deliver on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
With over 1,200 sites and a mandate to safeguard both natural and cultural heritage, the UNESCO World Heritage Convention is ...
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Enhancing Capacities for the Conservation of World Heritage Sites in Iraq
Within the framework of the UNESCO/Netherlands Fund-in-Trust project “Strengthening capacities for the documentation and conservation of Properties on the List of World Heritage in Danger in Iraq”, a ...
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The 2024–2025 World Heritage Map is now published
The latest edition of the World Heritage Map is now available to order! This new design, poster-sized wall map features all 1,223 World Heritage properties, illustrated with stunning photographs from ...
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La carte du patrimoine mondial 2024–2025 est désormais disponible
La toute dernière édition de la carte du patrimoine mondial peut désormais être commandée ! Cette nouvelle version, au format poster, présente les 1 223 biens inscrits sur la Liste du patrimoine mondi ...
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UNESCO Launches Groundbreaking Report on Climate Change Impacts in Mediterranean World Heritage Cities
UNESCO World Heritage Centre has launched a groundbreaking new report Climate Change in Mediterranean World Heritage Cities ...
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UNESCO and VELUX FOUNDATION Launch Global Initiative to Boost Climate ...
Nice, France – Thursday, 13 June 2025 – As global leaders gather in Nice for the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), UNESCO is proud to unveil a bold new initiative to strengthen the ...
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The Forth Bridge - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
This railway bridge, crossing the Forth estuary in Scotland, had the world’s longest spans (541 m) when it opened in 1890. It remains one of the greatest cantilever trussed bridges and continues to ...
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Antequera Dolmens Site - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Located at the heart of Andalusia in southern Spain, the site comprises three megalithic monuments: the Menga and Viera dolmens and the Tholos of El Romeral, and two natural monuments: La Peña de los ...