BEIJING HELPS BELT ROAD NATIONS SAVE RELICS

The temples, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, were damaged in a 2016 earthquake... READ MORE›

BRITAIN'S HADRIAN'S WALL, CHINA'S GREAT WALL TO WORK TOGETHER IN UNIQUE HERITAGE PARTNERSHIP

A unique agreement that will see Britain's Hadrian's Wall and the Great Wall of China work together, was announced last Tuesday by Heritage Minister John Glenn... READ MORE›

NAPLES PIZZA TWIRLING SEEKS NOD AS UNESCO 'INTANGIBLE' HERITAGE

Naples' art of pizza twirling is a candidate to join UNESCO's list of intangible heritage this week along with a wealth of other cultural treasures such... READ MORE›

WORLD HERITAGE SITES THREATENED BY CLIMATE CHANGE NEARLY DOUBLES SINCE 2014

Latest findings have revealed that climate change impacts one in four natural World Heritage sites, including coral reefs, glaciers, and wetlands... READ MORE›

HOW QATAR CRISIS PLAYED A ROLE IN AZOULAY'S ELECTION AS UNESCO CHIEF

The US withdrawal was largely due to the country's view that UNESCO has an anti-Israel bias... READ MORE›

CHINA-US TOURISM EXCHANGE GETS A BOOST

By hosting this event, we hope to introduce China's world heritage sites to American tourists and provide an opportunity to deepen China-US tourism cooperation... READ MORE›

FRENCH AND QATARI CANDIDATES FACE OFF IN FINAL VOTE FOR TOP UNESCO JOB

Unfortunately, this venue has become politicised, undermining the work of UNESCO across its mandate... READ MORE›

US, ISRAEL TO QUIT UNESCO AT END OF 2018[1]

Since then, however, the United States has still maintained a UNESCO office at the organization's headquarters in Paris, France... READ MORE›

U.S., ISRAEL TO EXIT UNESCO, CITING BIAS AGAINST JEWISH STATE

While the Trump administration had been preparing for a likely withdrawal from UNESCO for months, the timing of the State Department's statement Thursday was unexpected... READ MORE›

US WITHDRAWS FROM UNESCO, ACCUSES THE ORGANISATION OF ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS

UNESCO, the cultural and educational agency of the United Nations, expressed regret over the United States' official decision to leave its organisation... READ MORE›

US TO PULL OUT OF UNESCO AMID PALESTINIAN TENSIONS

UNESCO's outgoing director-general, Irina Bokova of Bulgaria, called the U.S. departure a loss for the United Nations family and for multilateralism... READ MORE›

FRENCH, QATARI CANDIDATES NECK-AND-NECK IN RACE FOR UNESCO CHIEF

Had 18 votes apiece in the battle to replace outgoing UNESCO director-general Irina Bokova... READ MORE›

ISIS ATTACKS IRAQI ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

Last week, Islamic State militants videotaped themselves destroying statues and artifacts in the Mosul Museum and at the Nergal Gate entryway to ancient Nineveh... READ MORE›

MYANMAR IS RESTORING TEMPLES TO REBUILD ITS HERITAGE

It damaged 389 of Bagan's monuments, and broke Pyathat Gyi's spire as if it were one of her candies... READ MORE›

WORLD HERITAGE FORESTS BURN AS GLOBAL TRAGEDY UNFOLDS IN TASMANIA

It concluded that lightning fires were now the main threat to the survival of the world heritage area... READ MORE›

ISIS BULLDOZING OF ANCIENT NIMRUD SITE IN IRAQ STIRS OUTRAGE

The agency said that screenshots of the Defense Department system had been posted online, apparently to prove that the cyberattack had been successful... READ MORE›

'WHY IS THE WORLD SO QUIET?' YEMEN SUFFERS ITS OWN CRUEL LOSSES, FAR FROM ALEPPO.

KAWKABAN, Yemen -- The majestic fortress nestled atop a mountain here in northwestern Yemen survived the armies of the Islamic warrior Saladin in the 12th century... READ MORE›

'UNESCO-CIDE': DOES WORLD HERITAGE STATUS DO CITIES MORE HARM THAN GOOD?

For George Town and its clan jetties, the Unesco imprimatur seemingly provided a second wind... READ MORE›

COUNTRIES WITH CORAL REEFS MUST DO MORE ON CLIMATE CHANGE - UNESCO

The new decision builds on that assessment, clarifying the responsibility of countries with custodianship over world-heritage listed coral reefs... READ MORE›

EXPLOSION DESTROYS ANCIENT SITE IN YEMEN CAPITAL

Two weeks ago, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously passed a resolution aimed at thwarting and prosecuting antiquities vandals and smugglers... READ MORE›

ISIS ARE HELL-BENT ON DESTROYING CENTURIES OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE

The mining town's new neighbours who are half a world away... READ MORE›

A reef campaigner with the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Felicity Wishart, said the report contained no measurable, deliverable action... READ MORE›

MINING AND OIL THREATENS ONE IN THREE NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SITES REPORT

Of natural world heritage sites in Africa, more than six in ten are threatened with development... READ MORE›

SACRED MEN-ONLY ISLAND SET TO BE GRANTED UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE STATUS

A UNESCO advisory body has recommended adding to the World Heritage list the island of Okinoshima, an ancient religious site in Fukuoka Prefecture where wo... READ MORE›

JAPAN'S OKINOSHIMA ISLAND GAINS UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE STATUS

Japan's Okinoshima island, an ancient religious site where women are banned, has been declared a World Heritage site by the UN's cultural body Unesco... READ MORE›

TUNNEL TO BE BUILT PAST STONEHENGE

Related Stories A tunnel is to be dug to take a congested main road past Stonehenge, the government has announced... READ MORE›

TASMANIAN BUSHFIRES 'WORST CRISIS IN DECADES' FOR WORLD HERITAGE FORESTS

Fires burning across Tasmania are producing the worst crisis the world heritage forests there have faced in decades, says a long-term conservationist from the area... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA SENDS DIPLOMATS OUT TO DEFEND ITS ACTIONS

Fish swim over coral in the Great Barrier Reef, which the Australian government is lobbying to keep off the World Heritage Committee's in danger list... READ MORE›

PHOTOGRAPHER S INCREDIBLE SELFIE FROM BURJ KHALIFA SHOWS WORLD AT HIS FEET

China only says some things, but does a lot." What Mr. Xi did say in Australia, though, was intended as reassurance backed by resolve... READ MORE›

COMMENT: GEORGE CHRISTENSEN MAKES ME EMBARRASSED TO BE A QUEENSLANDER

But unluckily for those of us in the Sunshine State, embarrassing politicians are not a thing of the past... READ MORE›

'WANTON DESTRUCTION': ISIS BLOWS UP ANCIENT ARCH

ISIS militants had earlier destroyed temples at the Roman-era UNESCO World Heritage site, which it has controlled since capturing Palmyra in May... READ MORE›

WORLD HERITAGE REEFS AT RISK OF CORAL BLEACHING AFTER HEAT STRESS EXPOSURE, UNESCO SAYS

Almost 75 per cent of world heritage coral reefs have been exposed to heat stress that causes coral bleaching in the past three years, UNESCO says... READ MORE›

TIMBUKTU'S HISTORIC TOMBS RESTORED IN SHOW OF CONFIDENCE FOR WAR-RAVAGED MALI

Local and international project in city of 33 saints reconstructs 14 Sufi mausoleums smashed up by al-Qaida backed extremists... READ MORE›

TASMANIAN DEVILS ON MAINLAND WOULD REDUCE FERAL CATS AND FOXES, STUDY FINDS

Tasmanian devils disappeared from the Australian mainland about 3 000 years ago probably as a result of conflict with the dingo... READ MORE›

A reef campaigner with the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Felicity Wishart, said the report contained no measurable, deliverable action... READ MORE›

9 WONDERS OF THE WORLD SET TO VANISH FOREVER

However, Unesco warns redevelopment in the area - namely, the multi-billion Liverpool Waters mixed use waterfront quarter - will adversely alter the site. More information... READ MORE›

OH VIENNA: WORLD HERITAGE STATUS THREATENED BY HIGH-RISE

But the World Heritage Committee WHC took issue with the tower's height of 66.3 metres, which had already been reduced from 75 metres following protests... READ MORE›

GREAT BARRIER REEF, KAKADU AMONG WORLD HERITAGE SITES OF 'SIGNIFICANT CONCERN'

Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu among World Heritage sites of 'significant concern' IUCN... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA ACTING WITH 'RENEWED VIGOUR' ON GREAT BARRIER REEF

The Greens said the report would fail to allay the concerns of the world heritage committee, maintaining the government's approach was business as usual ... READ MORE›

SYRIAN TROOPS RECAPTURE PALMYRA FROM ISIL FOR SECOND TIME

Isil withdrew from most of Palmyra after laying mines across the city, said Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights... READ MORE›

BROKEN HILL COUNCIL PUSHES FOR AUSTRALIA'S FIRST WORLD HERITAGE CITY LISTING IN OUTBACK NSW

Broken Hill strives to become listed as world heritage city, following up its first as a national heritage-listed city... READ MORE›

'IT IS A BIG DEAL TO HAVE A REACTIVE MONITORING MISSION SENT TO A WORLD HERITAGE SITE,' SAYS ENVIRONMENTALIST

Green represents Canada at UNESCO when it comes to World Heritage Sites and was in Fort Chipewyan while the monitors were on their tour... READ MORE›