or natural significance. From ancient ruins and historic cities to deserts, forests, mountains, and more, UNESCO World ...

Investors warned to assess risk of backing extractive companies threatening sites. New report puts potential global risk at highest level yet of 31 per cent Risk rises to almost two thirds (61 per ...

Instead of protecting natural wonders ... Classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978, Mesa Verde National Park continues to give insight into how Pueblo people lived before the ...

The Outstanding Universal Value of the World Heritage Sites is "reflected in its natural beauty or outstanding biodiversity, ecosystem and geological values." Irreversible damage could come once ...

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 ...

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 World Monuments Fund has included the moon on its 2025 "Watch" list of cultural heritage locations facing significant ...

Maine’s trove of historic lighthouses, a collection of Albanian monasteries, a Parisian chapel, and Earth’s sole natural ...

human and natural importance. World Heritage sites are recognized as being of outstanding value to all of humanity. They are what we pass on to future generations, and safeguarding these sites ...

In August 2004, the 28th Session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee (WHC) was held in the famous historical and cultural city of Suzhou. The convention decided to add to the World Heritage List ...

This is the 24th Brazilian site to be registered on the UNESCO World Heritage List. I would like to congratulate Brazil's commitment to protecting its cultural and natural heritage.” ...

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 ...