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In Focus...
World Heritage Convention turns forty
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, one of UNESCO's most successful programmes and one of the most powerful tools for heritage preservation. Almost universally adopted, with 188 signatory countries, the Convention is unique in that it combines the protection of cultural and natural heritage in one instrument. Since its adoption by the General Conference of UNESCO in 1972, the World Heritage List has grown to include 936 sites inscribed for their outstanding universal value in 153 countries around the world.
+ info: http://whc.unesco.org/en/40years/
40th Brochure.pdf (2.0 Mb)
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Thematic Areas:
Archaeological
Heritage
Awards, Prizes, Fellowships, Competitions and Job Offers
Biodiversity
Built
Heritage
Climate
Change Impacts on Heritage
Cultural
Heritage
Cultural
Landscapes
Cultural
Routes & Itineraries, Linear Heritage (Routes, Canals, Railways, Rivers,
etc.)
Deserts (0 news)
Documentary/Audiovisual
Heritage & Archives
Earthen
Architecture (0 news)
Education,
Training, Youth and Volunteers
Forests
Genealogy
& Heraldry (0 news)
Geological
Heritage
Heritage
Legislation, Conventions, Recommendations, Charters & Declarations
Historic
Centres & Cities, Historic Urban Landscapes
Illicit Traffic of Cultural Properties
Industrial,
Technological, Astronmical & Scientific Heritage
Intangible
Heritage
Languages
& Toponymy
Marine
& Coastal Biodiversity
Military/Defense
and Maritime Cultural Heritage
Modern
& Contemporary Heritage
Mountains
Museums,
Museology, Interpretation & Moveable Heritage
Natural
Heritage & Environment
Research
on Materials Conservation and Mechanics
Restoration
& Conservation Techniques
Rock-Art
Tourism:
Cultural Tourism & Ecotourism
Underwater
Cultural Heritage/Archaeology (0 news)
UNESCO
Director-General's activities in the field of cultural and natural heritage
Vernacular
Heritage
World
Heritage
