A delegation of Australia's Aboriginal people has travelled to Paris to win UN backing for the protection of a heritage site ...

Citing progress in preservation, World Heritage Committee defers decision for a year and plans a monitoring mission to assess ...

As tensions simmered last month, Thai nationalist, Sondhi Limthongkul, urged Thailand to seize Angkor Wat and use it as ...

An area of huge archaeological significance in Sharjah has won Unesco World Heritage Status. The Faya palaeolandscape is the second site in the UAE to be placed on the Unesco list – the other is in ...

Maratha Military Landscapes’, representing extraordinary fortification and military system envisioned by the Maratha rulers, ...

New Delhi, The World Heritage Committee has removed three African heritage sites in Madagascar, Egypt and Libya from UNESCO’s ...

The Rainforests of the Atsinanana, a lush expanse on Madagascar’s eastern escarpment, are vital for preserving the island’s ...

Beyond preserving sites, UNESCO also aims to build a wide network of local heritage experts to develop African nominations.

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has adopted an amendment that provides that the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in ...

The Burrup is home to some of Australia’s biggest industrial projects, including Woodside Energy’s North West Shelf LNG plant ...

The actions cover the critically endangered vaquita’s Gulf of California habitat in Mexico, the iconic and wildlife-rich Galápagos Islands, the world’s largest tropical wetland in South America, and a ...

Since 2018, the number of UNESCO World Heritage sites in sub-Saharan Africa has increased, and new nominations from African ...