The latest version of the World Heritage map, produced by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and National Geographic Maps with support from the United Nations Foundation, can now be ordered for a modest ...

This large format full-colour map features World Heritage sites and brief explanations of the World Heritage Convention and the World Heritage conservation programmes. It is available in English, ...

A host of new sites have just been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List — a collection encompassing over 1,000 of the world’s most spectacular cultural heritage sites. With the new additions ranging ...

Botswana's fertile Okavango Delta is one of the last remaining high-biodiversity ecosystems in the world, home to cheetahs, African wild dogs, baobab trees, crocodiles, termites and owls that catch ...

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is selected for places that possess outstanding universal value for humanity in terms or ...

Following an effort two decades in the making, Bethlehem’s historic Moravian Church settlements have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The decision was made early Friday at the World ...

Paris — Almost three quarters of the globe's cultural and natural heritage sites are threatened by too little or too much water, the UN's cultural agency said on Tuesday. As a result of rising ...

You may be familiar with some of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the U.S., from various national parks to New York’s Statue of Liberty. However, Europe also has its fair share of culturally ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jessica Beaudette, Arizona State University (THE CONVERSATION) Botswana’s fertile ...