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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 ...
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UNESCO brings together World Heritage site managers from Costa Rica and Panama to promote sustainable tourism
Site managers and park rangers from Costa Rica and Panama responsible for the transboundary World Heritage site of Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves/La Amistad National Park gathered from 8 to 11 ...
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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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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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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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Maratha Military Landscapes of India - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
The property includes twelve major fortifications, mostly in Maharashtra State, with one in Tamil Nadu. These forts, such as Raigad, Shivneri, and Sindhudurg, were built, adapted, or expanded by the ...
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Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites - Videos - UNESCO World ...
Stonehenge and Avebury, in Wiltshire, are among the most famous groups of megaliths in the world. The two sanctuaries consist of circles of menhirs arranged in a pattern whose astronomical ...
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Diamond Mountain from the Sea - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Mount Kumgang is a long-celebrated place of exceptional natural beauty, renowned for its near-white granite peaks, deep valleys, waterfalls, and pristine ecosystems, rising to nearly 1,600 metres. The ...
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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 ...
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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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L’UNESCO réunit les gestionnaires de sites du patrimoine mondial du Costa Rica et du Panama pour promouvoir un tourisme durable
Les gestionnaires de sites et les gardes forestiers du Costa Rica et du Panama, responsables du site transfrontalier du patrimoine mondial des Réserves de la cordillère de Talamanca-La Amistad / Parc ...
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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 ...