Tag:World Heritage Sites

Conservation

Six new sites added to UNESCO World Heritage list

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee have followed advice from IUCN – as the official advisor on nature - to inscribe five new sites on...

Michael Simire - August 2, 2024

Conservation

World Wetlands Day: Local communities, climate activists revive demands for a fossil-free Virunga

As the World Wetlands Day was celebrated on Wednesday, February 2, 2022 under the theme “People and Nature”, local communities and civil society in the...

Michael Simire - February 3, 2022

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BirdLife lists threatened World Heritage Sites in Africa as UNESCO committee meets

As the two-week extended 44th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee commenced on Friday, July 16, 2021, BirdLife International has raised global attention...

Michael Simire - July 16, 2021

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IUCN report identifies potential new World Heritage sites in Africa

A new IUCN report aiming to assist African countries in World Heritage conservation identifies 20 remarkable nature areas across Africa that could potentially qualify...

Michael Simire - May 20, 2020

Conservation

IUCN: Dams, climate change threatening natural heritage

Climate change and large dam projects are putting natural World Heritage sites at risk, says the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the official...

admin - June 26, 2015