Avainsana: UNESCO
Experts put forward recommendations on how to harness the power of culture for sustainable development
Ahead of UNESCO’s World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development, MONDIACULT 2022, taking place in Mexico from 28 to 30 September 2022, experts have…
World Press Freedom Day 2021: Information as a Public Good
Cambodia joins media professionals and governments around the world in commemorating the World Press Freedom Day, which takes place annually on the 3rd of May….
UNESCO reveals largest carbon stores found in Australian World Heritage Sites
Australia’s marine World Heritage Sites are among the world’s largest stores of carbon dioxide according to a new report from the United Nations, co-authored by…
#ECOSQUADGOALS: A Digital Citizen Science Approach to Understanding Solid-Waste Management
To commemorate World Science Day 2020 and as response to the pandemic UNESCO supported the #EcoSquadGoals launched on 11 December 2020 and organized by De…
Harnessing potential of social media: New partnership between UNESCO and EU
UNESCO and the European Union are launching a new project entitled ‘Social Media for Peace’ to strengthen the resilience of civil society to potential harmful…
Kenya prepares for regional training workshops on the protection of underwater cultural heritage
A Japan Funds-in-Trust to UNESCO project has provided diving equipment to the National Museums of Kenya’s Department of Coastal Archaeology in preparation for two regional…
The Director General launches from Beirut the ”Li Beirut” initiative, putting education, culture and heritage at the heart of reconstruction efforts
The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, on Thursday launched an international fund raising appeal, Li Beirut (For Beirut in Arabic), to support the rehabilitation of…
How online science workshops are reaching girls and beyond in Peru amid COVID-19
Samantha, aged 9 from Lima, Peru, was selected to attend this year’s science programme run by UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education laureate, the…
World Heritage sites race to adapt to a warming planet
For almost 50 years, Unesco’s 1972 world heritage convention (WHC) has been the foremost global instrument for the protection of humanity’s natural and cultural heritage….
Unesco urged to declare Great Barrier Reef ’in danger’
Environmental law groups in the US and Australia are pushing Unesco to place the world heritage status of the Great Barrier Reef on an “in…
Virtual Museums on Underwater Cultural Heritage respond to the Covid-19 crisis
The Covid-19 global health crisis has hit hard on the cultural sector. Many museums and cultural institutions around the world, both large and small, public…
“Water and Climate Change” – Indonesian youth create original videos to mark the World Water Day
“We know that by 2050, more than half of the world’s population could live in the regions subject to water stress due to the acceleration…
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