World Migratory Bird Day
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2285
The theme for this World Migratory Bird Day is Sing, Fly, Soar - Like a bird!
At the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, we support natural sites around the world in their conservation efforts, which in turn supports animals in maintaining their natural behaviors in healthy habitats.
Bird song is not only enjoyable to listen to, but scientists and site managers can use it to evaluate the health of a forest. In 2020, a study was published by the Area de Conservación Guanacaste (Costa Rica), ...
Celebrating African Arts, Culture and Heritage on African World Heritage Day
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2284
To celebrate the sixth edition of African World Heritage Day, on the 5th of May, UNESCO's World Heritage Centre (WHC) in collaboration with the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) hosted a webinar under the African Union's (AU) theme for 2021: "Arts, culture and heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want".
The Director of the WHC, Ms Mechtild Rössler, inaugurated the event with an opening address on the resilience of African heritage and local stakeholders in ...
Julia Miranda Londono among Frankfurt Conservation Award winners
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2283
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is pleased to congratulate one of this year's Frankfurt Conservation Award (Bruno H. Schubert Prize) winners, the highest endowed private environmental prize in Germany - Julia Miranda Londoño, WCPA Deputy Chair and former Director of the Colombian National Parks Authority.
All four winners of the Award have all contributed in their own way to keeping the Amazon rainforest away from the critical 'tipping point'. The largest rainforest on ...
May 5th is African World Heritage Day
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2277
African World Heritage Day
May 5th 2021
 "Arts, Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want?h.
Since the proclamation of African World Heritage Day in 2015 by the 38th session of the General Conference of UNESCO, every 5 May, African cultural and natural, tangible and intangible heritage is celebrated across the globe, raising awareness of the benefits of its promotion and preservation, as well as the related challenges the continent faces.
In the face of ...
Director-General condemns killing of journalists David Beriain and Roberto Fraile in Burkina Faso
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2282
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay has condemned the armed attack on an anti-poaching patrol that claimed three civilian lives, including those of Spanish journalists Roberto Fraile and David Beriain, in the Arly National Park - a UNESCO biosphere reserve and World Heritage site - in the east of Burkina Faso on 27 April. 
"I condemn the murders of Spanish journalists David Beriain and Roberto Fraile as well as that of Irish anti-poaching activist Rory Young?h, ...
Devastating fire in Cape Floral Regional Protected Areas
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2281
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre expresses its heartfelt sympathy after the fire that, on the morning of 18 April 2021, broke out on the edge of Cape Floral Regional Protected Areas (South Africa), a property inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2004.
UNESCO is in contact with the relevant national authorities who will assess the damage and impact of the fires which gutted the Jagger Reading Room in the University of Cape Town's (UCT) library.
The blaze gutted a small part on the ...
Earth Day 22 April 2021: Restore Our Earth
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2279
Earth Day is an annual event held on 22 April to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on 22 April 1970, the history of the Day traces back to UNESCO.
In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, peace activist John McConnell proposed a day to honor the Earth and the concept of peace, to first be observed on 21 March 1970, the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. This day of nature's equipoise was later sanctioned ...
Asian Regional Course on People-Nature-Culture 2021
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2280
Call for participants: do you work with heritage places?
ICCROM is seeking 20 participants to take part in an Asian regional course on Promoting People-Centred Approaches to Conservation of Nature and Culture. This online course is open to:
Heritage practitioners from the cultural and natural heritage sectors and other individuals working at a specific heritage place.
Individuals involved in the conservation and management of cultural and natural heritage. This includes, for example, those ...
In Memoriam: Giorgio Croci (1936-2021)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2278
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre would like to express its sadness at the death of Prof Giorgio Croci, a structural engineer who made an indelible contribution to the support of several iconic World Heritage sites, including Angkor in Cambodia, the Colosseum in Rome and Ethiopia's Axum Obelisk.
Dr Croci studied civil engineering at "La Sapienza?h University of Rome, and became a full professor of structural engineering in 1984. In 1995 he became full professor of the chair of ...
International Day for Monuments and Sites 2021 - Complex Pasts: Diverse Futures
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2274
In 1982, UNESCO's General Conference established 18 April as the International Day for Monuments and Sites, in many countries also celebrated as World Heritage Day. The day is promoted by ICOMOS globally, and the theme for 2021 is "Complex Pasts: Diverse Futures?h.
The history of a place can involve many points of view. The conservation of cultural heritage requires careful examination of the past, and its practice demands provision for the future. In recent years, debates on ...
