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International Support Needed: Save Papoura Hill Archaeological Monument and Landscape
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Make it official! World Heritage guidelines for sites of recent conflicts
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OWH statement at the 47th UNESCO World Heritage Committee
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Opening Doors: A New Phase for OurWorldHeritage
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OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
People travel great distances to experience historic places—while enjoying the comforts that make a true holiday. And in turn, countless livelihoods depend on tourism. But what happens when tourism begins to reshape the very values and history of a place? What if it goes so far that it affects the core of its being?
In 2023, Future for Religious Heritage (FRH) established the Young Professionals and Researchers Working Group (YPWG) to give emerging experts a stronger voice and better opportunities. Meetalie Gupta, one of the YPWG members, reflects on what the group has accomplished so far and where it is heading next.
The conference “A Future for Whose Past?” at Monte Verità explored how World Heritage can better represent minorities, communities, and overlooked groups. Organized by ETH Zurich, EPFL, ICOMOS Switzerland, and partners, it called for more inclusive heritage policies, community consultation, and recognition of diverse identities in global conservation practices.
Following the adoption of UNESCO’s 2023 Policy Document on Climate Action for World Heritage, German experts, site managers, and institutional partners explored concrete actions for safeguarding cultural and natural World Heritage in the face of the climate crisis.
Amid the construction of yet another airport in central Crete, a large and unique archaeological site was uncovered at the very top of Papoura Hill, in Pediada region. Now, the Citizens’ Committee for the Protection of Papoura is fighting to preserve both the monument and the centuries-long relationship between people and their lands.
At the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, Dr Tokie Laotan-Brown delivered a formal statement on behalf of OurWorldHeritage Foundation. You can read the full one-minute version of our statement here.
On July 11, 2025, the World Heritage Committee at its 47 th session will inscribe Cambodian Memorial Sites: from centres of repression to places of peace and reflection using criterion (vi). The Kingdom of Cambodia has chosen three sites to represent one of the most serious abuses of human rights in the 20th century.
Our online community of over 3,600 subscribers and thousands of followers is still here, and we want to bring it back to life so everyone can take part and benefit.
PUBLICATIONS
Athabasca University and Parks Canada developed a 14 weeks course on World Heritage Resource Management starting in January. The course explores the fundamental concepts and procedures used to identify, protect, and conserve World Heritage sites.
George Town World Heritage Incorporated (GTWHI) advertises an Intensive and Pragmatic internship training on World Heritage Site Management for graduate program students or recent holder.
“What can we do if governments and many of the electorate lose interest in nature conservation?”
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Harnessing Horses is a new open-access book that explores human–horse relationships across time and place, closed by a chapter that calls to recognise traditional horse breeds as living cultural heritage.
How has the expanded concept of authenticity in the Nara Document on Authenticity (1994) shaped conservation and restoration worldwide?
Moving African Landscapes Vol. 1 is a pioneering interdisciplinary exploration of African landscapes as lived, remembered, and imagined spaces, edited by Tokie Laotan-Brown.
The Atlas of Ibo Island, in the Quirimbas Archipelago in northern Mozambique, is the result of a project focused on protecting the island’s cultural and natural heritage, which is threatened by climate change and displacement caused by armed conflicts in the region.
Heritage communities worldwide face pressures from e.g. development, climate change, and conflict — and many remain unheard. OurWorldHeritage helps bring their stories to global attention, where visibility can make a real difference.
If you can share a story, even a short update or photo is enough. It doesn't need to be perfect, and we will help.
Your stories help us advocate on global platforms for the systematic inclusion of community voices in international heritage discussions, such as:
→ OWH Statement at the 47th World Heritage Committee
People travel great distances to experience historic places—while enjoying the comforts that make a true holiday. And in turn, countless livelihoods depend on tourism. But what happens when tourism begins to reshape the very values and history of a place? What if it goes so far that it affects the core of its being?
Athabasca University and Parks Canada developed a 14 weeks course on World Heritage Resource Management starting in January. The course explores the fundamental concepts and procedures used to identify, protect, and conserve World Heritage sites.
In 2023, Future for Religious Heritage (FRH) established the Young Professionals and Researchers Working Group (YPWG) to give emerging experts a stronger voice and better opportunities. Meetalie Gupta, one of the YPWG members, reflects on what the group has accomplished so far and where it is heading next.
The conference “A Future for Whose Past?” at Monte Verità explored how World Heritage can better represent minorities, communities, and overlooked groups. Organized by ETH Zurich, EPFL, ICOMOS Switzerland, and partners, it called for more inclusive heritage policies, community consultation, and recognition of diverse identities in global conservation practices.
Following the adoption of UNESCO’s 2023 Policy Document on Climate Action for World Heritage, German experts, site managers, and institutional partners explored concrete actions for safeguarding cultural and natural World Heritage in the face of the climate crisis.
Amid the construction of yet another airport in central Crete, a large and unique archaeological site was uncovered at the very top of Papoura Hill, in Pediada region. Now, the Citizens’ Committee for the Protection of Papoura is fighting to preserve both the monument and the centuries-long relationship between people and their lands.
At the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, Dr Tokie Laotan-Brown delivered a formal statement on behalf of OurWorldHeritage Foundation. You can read the full one-minute version of our statement here.
On July 11, 2025, the World Heritage Committee at its 47 th session will inscribe Cambodian Memorial Sites: from centres of repression to places of peace and reflection using criterion (vi). The Kingdom of Cambodia has chosen three sites to represent one of the most serious abuses of human rights in the 20th century.
Harnessing Horses is a new open-access book that explores human–horse relationships across time and place, closed by a chapter that calls to recognise traditional horse breeds as living cultural heritage.
Our online community of over 3,600 subscribers and thousands of followers is still here, and we want to bring it back to life so everyone can take part and benefit.
Historic places come in all shapes and sizes, dotted across the landscape of the United States of America. They embody the history, culture, stories and shared experience of Americans. The recently released draft federal budget proposal for 2026 threatens the entire heritage conservation system.
George Town World Heritage Incorporated (GTWHI) advertises an Intensive and Pragmatic internship training on World Heritage Site Management for graduate program students or recent holder.
How has the expanded concept of authenticity in the Nara Document on Authenticity (1994) shaped conservation and restoration worldwide?
Moving African Landscapes Vol. 1 is a pioneering interdisciplinary exploration of African landscapes as lived, remembered, and imagined spaces, edited by Tokie Laotan-Brown.
The Atlas of Ibo Island, in the Quirimbas Archipelago in northern Mozambique, is the result of a project focused on protecting the island’s cultural and natural heritage, which is threatened by climate change and displacement caused by armed conflicts in the region.
“What can we do if governments and many of the electorate lose interest in nature conservation?”
Share your activity with the OWH heritage communityand reach 3,600+ subscribers and 7000+ followers.
At the 46th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, Dr. Shikha Jain delivered a formal statement on behalf of OurWorldHeritage Foundation. You can read the full one-minute version of our statement here.
Fostering cultures and nature today makes a gift to tomorrow. Share with us your practice and experience on how to better involve people in creating a more comfortable and inspiring cultural and natural environment!
OurWorldHeritage has been informed that the Russian Federation has resigned from its position as President of the World Heritage Committee. The Presidency of the Committee has been taken by Saudi Arabia.
The Catalogue of Information Technology on Presentation and Monitoring features the winning entries of the OWH IT Global Competition, presents all thirty-six submissions, and shows the support system behind running the competition as a model for engaging communities and civil society.
Transnational Dialogues is a series of round tables throughout 2022, that expand on the role of art, food and housing as means incorporate heritage into the daily life, and the life of communities, with a particular focus on decoloniality.
Fostering cultures and nature today makes a gift to tomorrow. Share with us your practice and experience on how to better involve people in creating a more comfortable and inspiring cultural and natural environment!
OWHvoices marks the success of #2021debate, and the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention. OWHvoices will be a stage to assess the results of this most significant international cultural, natural, and mixed heritage conservation program, sponsored by the United Nations and administered by UNESCO.
BEIRUT’S GRAIN SILOS: AN ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENT, A SHIELD FOR THE CITY AND A MEMORIAL FOR SURVIVORS
It all begins with an idea.
We continue to process the results of #2021debate. Finalised reports on the thematic debates will be published here.
5 videos are selected to feature during the Youth Round Table round table session on Transmissions of heritage memories on 7 September 2021.
Writers, researchers, curators, artists, and activists were asked to challenge the existing discourses by presenting different narratives. Entries for this call for action are presented here.
#2021DEBATE