While wildlife populations crash globally, research finds designated areas enable recovery of threatened species ...

Part of the World Heritage Site “Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park” located along Sudan’s Red Sea coast and inscribed on UNESCO’s prestigious World ...

UNESCO recently announced new additions to its list of World Heritage Sites. From a white sand cliff in Denmark to a coastal region in West Africa, the list includes stunning and important ...

The 47th session of the World Heritage Committee came to a close in Paris with the inscription of 26 new cultural and natural properties on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Once again this year, the ...

The World Heritage Site designation isn't guaranteed. But one day, Mount Washington could have the same status as the Great ...

The U.S. is withdrawing from UNESCO for a second time under President Trump. Ohio's Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are among the 1,248 UNESCO World Heritage sites. UNESCO's mission is to protect and ...

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is selected for places that possess outstanding universal value for humanity in terms or cultural, historical, scientific or natural significance. They are also designated ...

Since 2018, the number of African sites on the World Heritage List has risen from 93 to 108. Today, UNESCO is supporting the remaining 11 non-represented African countries to prepare new nominations ...

The World Heritage Committee inscribed five new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List this afternoon. Among them are two natural sites, one in France and one in Iceland, a mixed, i.e. natural and ...

Europe's most important industrial landmarks between May and November for a show that takes advantage of the former ironworks' sprawling spaces and aura of abandonment.

Sewage said to enter the Blougatspruit and Bloubankspruit river systems before flowing into the Crocodile River and ...