This list contains 362 entry(ies).
Natural World Heritage sites are internationally recognised as having the highest global nature conservation priority.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
The UNESCO World Heritage Convention of 1972 set the contemporary standard for cultural and natural conservation. Today, a place on the World Heritage List is much sought after for tourism promotion, development funding, and national prestige.
Author(s):
- Brumann, Christoph
- Berliner, David
A Future in Ruins is the story of UNESCO's efforts to save the world's heritage and, in doing so, forge an international community dedicated to peaceful co-existence and conservation.
Increasing interest in measuring, modelling and valuing ecosystem services (ES), the benefits that ecosystems provide to people, has resulted in the development of an array of ES assessment tools in recent years. Selecting an appropriate tool for measuring and modelling ES can be challenging.
Author(s):
- Neugarten, Rachel A.
- Langhammer, Penny F.
- Osipova, Elena
- Bagstad, Kenneth J.
- Bhagabati, Nirmal
- Butchart, Stuart H.M.
- Dudley, Nigel
- Elliott, Vittoria
- Gerber, Leah R.
- Gutierrez Arrellano, Claudia
- Ivanić, Kasandra-Zoica
- Kettunen, Marianne
- Mandle, Lisa
- Merriman, Jennifer C.
- Mulligan, Mark
- Peh, Kelvin S.-H.
- Raudsepp-Hearne, Ciara
- Semmens, Darius J.
- Stolton, Sue
- Willcock, Simon
- Groves, Craig
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
- IUCN, Global Protected Areas Programme
Los sitios naturales de Patrimonio Mundial se reconocen internacionalmente por representar la principal prioridad mundial para la conservación de la naturaleza. Incluyen lugares como el Serengeti, la Gran Barrera de Coral y las Islas Galápagos.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
The objective of this report is to analyse the potential for enhancing synergies among the biodiversityrelated conventions and to develop a set of practical options for synergies in Bahrain.
Author(s):
- Allam, Khaled
- Naser, Humood Abdulla
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for West Asia (ROWA)
For the last 20 years there has been a growing interest in the geosciences for topics related to geoheritage: geoconservation, geotourism and geoparks. Geoheritage: Assessment, Protection, and Management is the first and only reference book to cover these main topics as well as the relat
Author(s):
- Reynard, Emmanuel
- Brilha, José
Les sites naturels du patrimoine mondial sont internationalement reconnus comme étant en tête des priorités pour la préservation de la planète et incluent des lieux emblématiques tels que le Serengeti, la Grande Barrière et les îles Galápagos.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
The World Heritage community is currently adopting policies to mainstream human rights as part of a wider sustainability agenda.
Конвенция об охране всемирного культурного и природного наследия, принятая ЮНЕСКО в 1972 г., объединяет страны в их общем стремлении защитить объекты культурного и природного наследия, имеющие выдающееся значение для блага настоящих и будущих поколений.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
- Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), US
- UNESCO
Organization(s):
- Unesco, World Heritage Centre
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
- ICOMOS
- International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), IT
- Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), DE
The objective of the Our Common Dignity initiative has been to contribute towards building awareness of rights issues in World Heritage and heritage management, to promote ‘good practice’ approaches to rights and their enabling conditions, and to develop and recommend relevant tools and guideline
Author(s):
- Sinding-Larsen, Amund
- Larsen, Peter Bille
Organization(s):
- ICOMOS Australia
- ICOMOS South Africa
- ICOMOS India
- ICOMOS Norway
Natural World Heritage sites are internationally recognised as having the highest global nature conservation priority.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
Author(s):
- Ali, Mariam Kenza
- McInnes, Robert
- Pritchard, Dave
Organization(s):
- Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Ramsar Convention Bureau
Author(s):
- Ali, Mariam Kenza
- McInnes, Robert
- Pritchard, Dave
Organization(s):
- Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Ramsar Convention Bureau
Author(s):
- Ali, Mariam Kenza
- McInnes, Robert
- Pritchard, Dave
Organization(s):
- Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Ramsar Convention Bureau
Organization(s):
- Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC)
Author(s):
- Lekgowa, Diphetogo
- Molatedi Andrias, Leburu
- Satau, Baakantse
- Wallican Satau, Gakemotho
Organization(s):
- Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC)
- Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA)
This document presents the key results of the Our Common Dignity initiative on rights and World Heritage undertaken by the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Convention (ICCROM, ICOMOS and IUCN) under the coordination of ICOMOS Norway between 2011 and 2016.
Author(s):
- Larsen, Peter Bille
- Sinding-Larsen, Amund
Organization(s):
- ICOMOS
- ICOMOS Norway
- International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), IT
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
World Heritage sites are examples of critical natural capital that must be protected. This report highlights the increasingly important and urgent role that banks need to play in helping to safeguard natural World Heritage sites now and for future generations.
This thematic study focuses on the contribution the World Heritage Convention can make to wilderness conservation around the world.
Author(s):
- Badman, Tim
- Bertzky, Bastian
- Jaeger, Tilman
- Kormos, Cyril F.
- Larsen, Peter Bille
- Merm, Remco van
- Osipova, Elena
- Shi, Yichuan
Organization(s):
- IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
The TABE'A II report is a second more detailed analysis of the Arab region's World Heritage Programme based on the baseline established in the first report from 2011, as well as of the progress achieved since then.
Author(s):
- Abdulhalim, Haifaa
- Abulhawa, Tarek
- Cummings, Tricia
- Osipova, Elena
Organization(s):
- Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH)
- IUCN, Regional Office for West Asia (ROWA)
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
- UNESCO
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
Le WWF analyse 2017 << Pas à vendre >> passe en revue des options à une consolidation des synergies concrètes relevées entre la Convention sur le commerce international des espèces de faune et de flore sauvages menacées d'extinction (CITES) et la Convention du patrimoine mondial, au p
WWF análisis 2017 a un abanico de opciones para seguir mejorando las sinergias tangibles entre la Convención sobre el Comercio Internacional de Especies Amenazadas de Fauna y Flora Silvestres (CITES) y la Convención de Patrimonio Mundial, enfocado alrededor de los sitios Patrimonio Mundial.
The WWF 2017 report "Not for Sale" gives a range of options to further enhance tangible synergies between the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the World Heritage Convention, focussed around World Heritage sites.
The 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention unites nations behind a shared commitment to preserve the world’s outstanding cultural and natural heritage for the benefit of present and future generations.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Global Marine and Polar Programme
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
- Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), US
- UNESCO
Por meio deste Manual objetiva-se oferecer aos Estados-partes e a todos os envolvidos com a manutenção de bens do Patrimônio Mundial orientações para o cumprimento dos requisitos da Convenção.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- ICOMOS
- International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), IT
- UNESCO
- Unesco, World Heritage Centre
The manual provides guidance for States Parties and all those involved in the care of World Heritage cultural properties on how to comply with the requirements of the Convention.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- ICOMOS
- International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), IT
- UNESCO
- Unesco, World Heritage Centre
Protecting natural areas and ecosystems is not anti-development. This report shows that by conserving large areas of habitat, natural World Heritage sites also increase resilience to natural and weather-related disasters, support livelihoods for communities, and provide communities with vital pro
Organization(s):
- Dalberg Global Development Advisors
- WWF
An Internationally Designated Area (IDA) is a natural area internationally recognised by a global or regional designation mechanism. Among these, there are 263 areas where different IDAs fully or partially overlap thus carrying double, triple or even quadruple international designations.
Author(s):
- Clamote Rodrigues, Diana
- Schaaf, Thomas
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
- Korea, Republic of, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
- Korea, Republic of, Ministry of Environment
Crisis has enveloped the more than 200,000 nationally and regionally protected natural and cultural heritage sites around the world.
Author(s):
- Kohl, Jonathan M.
- McCool, Stephen F.
Author(s):
- Abbas, Ghulam
- Casier, Robbert
- Douvere, Fanny
Un Área de Designación Internacional (ADI) es un área natural reconocida internacionalmente por un mecanismo de designación global o regional.
Author(s):
- Clamote Rodrigues, Diana
- Schaaf, Thomas
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
- Korea, Republic of, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
- Korea, Republic of, Ministry of Environment
Un site à désignation internationale (SDI) est un site naturel reconnu au niveau par un mécanisme de désignation régional ou mondial.
Author(s):
- Clamote Rodrigues, Diana
- Schaaf, Thomas
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
- Korea, Republic of, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
- Korea, Republic of, Ministry of Environment
Organization(s):
- Publishing for Development
- UNESCO
Organization(s):
- Publishing for Development
- UNESCO
Organization(s):
- Publishing for Development
- UNESCO
Author(s):
- Badman, Tim
- Douvere, Fanny
- Freestone, David
- Laffoley, D.
An Internationally Designated Area (IDA) is a natural area internationally recognised by a global or regional designation mechanism. Among these, there are 263 areas where different IDAs fully or partially overlap thus carrying double, triple or even quadruple international designations.
Author(s):
- Clamote Rodrigues, Diana
- Schaaf, Thomas
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
- Korea, Republic of, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
- Korea, Republic of, Ministry of Environment
The objectives of this manual are: to help the managers and management authorities of cultural and natural World Heritage properties to reduce the risks to these properties from natural and humanmade disasters; to illustrate the main principles of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) for heritage and a
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- ICOMOS
- International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), IT
- UNESCO
- Unesco, World Heritage Centre
This report provides an overview of the increasing vulnerability of World Heritage sites to climate change impacts and the potential implications for and of global tourism.
Author(s):
- Caldas, Astrid
- Lafrenz Samuels, Kathryn
- Markham, Adam
- Osipova, Elena
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- UNEP, Tourism and Environment Programme
- Unesco, World Heritage Centre
- Union of Concerned Scientists, US
The manual provides guidance for States Parties and all those involved in the care of World Heritage cultural properties on how to comply with the requirements of the Convention.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- ICOMOS
- International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), IT
- UNESCO
- Unesco, World Heritage Centre
Quelle est la valeur universelle exceptionnelle des biens du Patrimoine mondial en Suisse?
Organization(s):
- Switzerland, Commission suisse pour l'UNESCO
Contents:
ForewordIrina Bokova (Director-General of UNESCO)
PrefaceJhr. Ir. Diederik Six (president ICOMOS Netherlands) and Drs. Erik Luijendijk (board member ICOMOSNetherlands)
Author(s):
- Schaik, Henk P. J. van
- Willems, Willem J.H.
The objectives of this manual are: to help the managers and management authorities of cultural and natural World Heritage properties to reduce the risks to these properties from natural and humanmade disasters; to illustrate the main principles of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) for heritage and a
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- ICOMOS
- International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), IT
- UNESCO
- Unesco, World Heritage Centre
The objectives of this manual are: to help the managers and management authorities of cultural and natural World Heritage properties to reduce the risks to these properties from natural and humanmade disasters; to illustrate the main principles of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) for heritage and a
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- ICOMOS
- International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), IT
- UNESCO
- Unesco, World Heritage Centre
The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
- Sweden, SIDA
- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
Author(s):
- Badman, Tim
- Bertzky, Bastian
- Kormos, Cyril F.
- Mittermeier, Russell A.
Organization(s):
- CEMEX, MX
- IUCN, World Heritage Programme
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