Managing world heritage
2026
World Heritage
Boîte à outils améliorer notre patrimoine 2.0
2026
World Heritage properties are internationally recognized as places of Outstanding Universal Value that should benefit from the highest level of management effectiveness. The Toolkit 2.0 offers a self-assessment methodology to evaluate management effectiveness in a World Heritage property or other heritage place. It contains 12 tools that can be used separately or collectively to understand in detail what is working well and what can be done better.
IUCN World Heritage Outlook 4
2025
The IUCN World Heritage Outlook 4 assesses 271 natural and mixed World Heritage sites. Complementing the official monitoring processes under the World Heritage Convention, the World Heritage Outlook offers the most in-depth analyses of threats facing natural World Heritage around the world and their protection and management status.
Priročnik in orodja za presojo vplivov v kontekstu svetovne dediščine
2025
Court, Sarah |
Jo, Eugene |
Mackay, Richard |
Murai, Mizuki |
Therivel, Riki |
As the World Heritage Convention celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2022, over 1100 sites around the world are recognized as World Heritage - places that are so valuable to humanity that there conservation has been deemed our collective responsibility. Yet many of these exceptional places face increasing pressure from diverse types of development projects within and around the sites.
Guidance and toolkit for impact assessments in a World Heritage context (Thai version)
2025
Court, Sarah |
Jo, Eugene |
Mackay, Richard |
Murai, Mizuki |
Therivel, Riki |
As the World Heritage Convention celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2022, over 1100 sites around the world are recognized as World Heritage - places that are so valuable to humanity that there conservation has been deemed our collective responsibility. Yet many of these exceptional places face increasing pressure from diverse types of development projects within and around the sites.
Natural World Heritage in Oceania
2025
Sheppard, David |
Bertzky, Bastian |
Nimwegen, Paul van |
Battistella, Luca |
Emslie-Smith, Matthew |
Chape, Stuart |
Osipova, Elena |
Shadie, Peter |
Jungblut, Vainuupo |
Natural and mixed World Heritage (WH) has generally not been a success in the Oceania region, due to limited support at all levels, unrealistic expectations about what WH can and cannot deliver, and a lack of resources to support all aspects of the WH process, particularly WH site management. This report assesses the implementation of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention in Oceania in relation to natural and mixed WH sites.
Enhancing our heritage toolkit 2.0 (Arabic version)
2025
World Heritage properties are internationally recognized as places of Outstanding Universal Value that should benefit from the highest level of management effectiveness. The Toolkit 2.0 offers a self-assessment methodology to evaluate management effectiveness in a World Heritage property or other heritage place. It contains 12 tools that can be used separately or collectively to understand in detail what is working well and what can be done better.
Tabe'a III (Arabic version)
2025
Abulhawa, Tarek |
Cummings, Tricia |
Kassem, Selma |
Tabe’a III addresses the status and trends in the implementation of the World Heritage Convention in the Arab region during the period from 2015 to 2019. This review was conducted in the context of emerging global trends and priorities associated with the World Heritage Convention, as well as other related global natural heritage platforms and programmes.
Pokyny a nástroje pro posuzování vlivů v kontextu světového dědictví
2024
Court, Sarah |
Jo, Eugene |
Mackay, Richard |
Murai, Mizuki |
Therivel, Riki |
As the World Heritage Convention celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2022, over 1100 sites around the world are recognized as World Heritage - places that are so valuable to humanity that there conservation has been deemed our collective responsibility. Yet many of these exceptional places face increasing pressure from diverse types of development projects within and around the sites.
Wzmacnianie naszego dziedzictwa zestaw narzędzi 2.0 : ocena efektywnosci zarzadzania dobrami swiatowego dziedzictwa i innymi miejscami dziedzictwa
2024
World Heritage properties are internationally recognized as places of Outstanding Universal Value that should benefit from the highest level of management effectiveness. The Toolkit 2.0 offers a self-assessment methodology to evaluate management effectiveness in a World Heritage property or other heritage place. It contains 12 tools that can be used separately or collectively to understand in detail what is working well and what can be done better.