This section describes the List of World Heritage in Danger and gives examples of sites that are inscribed on the List. Armed conflict and war, earthquakes and other natural disasters, pollution, ...

A new study published in Ecology and Society challenges the long-standing division between natural and cultural heritage ...

More than 40,000 hexagonal columns shape the mystical landscape at Ireland’s Giant’s Causeway, which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986 ... a 335,000-acre natural wonder on the ...

The programme leverages the unique characteristics of UNESCO designated sites like Biosphere Reserves, Natural World Heritage sites, and Global Geoparks, along with the Global Network of Water Museums ...

Until the end of 2004, World Heritage sites were selected on the basis of six cultural and four natural criteria. With the adoption of the revised Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the ...

Iin 2015 we collaborated with investors on a joint report for financial institutions, highlighting the threat to natural World Heritage Sites from extractives. The report is based on evidence from WWF ...

Locations deemed World Heritage sites are of "outstanding universal ... concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage adopted in 1972. The treaty sets the guidelines for ...

As of August last year, China has 59 World Heritage sites, including 15 natural heritage sites and four mixed cultural and ...

The decision brings the total number of World Heritage sites in Japan to 26, of which 21 are designated as cultural and five as natural. Although the world’s mines were mechanized during the ...