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OWH statement at the 47th UNESCO World Heritage Committee
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Make it official! World Heritage guidelines for sites of recent conflicts
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Opening Doors: A New Phase for OurWorldHeritage
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On 2 July 2025, experts, site managers, and institutional partners gathered at Heidelberg University to explore concrete actions for safeguarding cultural and natural World Heritage in the face of the climate crisis. The event followed the adoption of UNESCO’s 2023 Policy Document on Climate Action for World Heritage, and marked the presentation of its German translation.
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.
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.
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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.
The process is simple: fill in a template and send it per email.
On 2 July 2025, experts, site managers, and institutional partners gathered at Heidelberg University to explore concrete actions for safeguarding cultural and natural World Heritage in the face of the climate crisis. The event followed the adoption of UNESCO’s 2023 Policy Document on Climate Action for World Heritage, and marked the presentation of its German translation.
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?”
The process is simple: fill in a template and send it per email.
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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?”
The process is simple: fill in a template and send it per email.
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