Dr Mechtild Rossler
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Former Director UNESCO World Heritage Centre; CNRS Géographie-cités
Natural World Heritage sites under growing threat, but bright spots remain
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Natural World Heritage sites under growing threat, but bright spots remain
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)
https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/natural-world-heritage-sites-under-growing-21095768.php
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Dr Nick Snashall
2 months ago
We're looking for the first independent Chair of the Stonehenge & Avebury World Heritage Site Expert & Stakeholder Group. Could it be you?
www.stonehengeandaveburywhs.org/new-opportun...
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New Opportunity – Chair of Expert & Stakeholder Group ⋆ Stonehenge & Avebury
This is a prestigious voluntary opportunity to play a key role in the governance of Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site (WHS) and contribute to protecting the WHS for current and future generat...
https://www.stonehengeandaveburywhs.org/new-opportunity-chair-of-expert-stakeholder-group/
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Did you see the blog (I wrote with Prof Thomas Schmitt) on our conference on climate action & World Heritage?
www.ourworldheritage.org/posts/world-...
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Looking forward to our conference at Heidelberg University on 2 July 2025 on UNESCO World Heritage in the climate crisis - what can we do?
4 months ago
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Peace as a process - Opening of the 85th session of the German National Commission for
#UNESCO
#DUK
in Bonn today!
5 months ago
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Enjoy World Heritage Day in Germany with site visits & events!
www.unesco.de
5 months ago
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William Carruthers
8 months ago
I'm giving an (online) talk about my book at Swansea/the Centre for Heritage Research and Training on 8th April at 1. More details (including Zoom link) here:
chart.swansea.ac.uk/events/creat...
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Creating Nubia: How Colonialism, Tourism, and Archaeology Made a Region, a Past, and a People - Chart Wales
William Carruthers, Lecturer in Heritage Studies, University of Essex Tuesday 8th April at 1-2pm online In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the building and heightening of the Aswan ...
https://chart.swansea.ac.uk/events/creating-nubia-how-colonialism-tourism-and-archaeology-made-a-region-a-past-and-a-people/
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UNESCO
8 months ago
#TravelTuesday
takes us to Borobudur Temple Compounds in Java, Indonesia! 🏯✨ Built in the 8th century, it was abandoned for years before being restored by
#UNESCO
— now a
#WorldHeritage
site to be preserved for future generations! Learn more:
whc.unesco.org/en/list/592
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Experts offer guidance on using the World Heritage Convention in support of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
UNESCO convened an expert meeting to identify actions to harness the World Heritage Convention in support of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The meeting confirmed the relevance of the World ...
https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2748
8 months ago
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UNESCO
8 months ago
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#Biodiversity
is essential for nature & people.
@unesco.org
, through its global networks of
#Geoparks
,
#BiosphereReserves
&
#WorldHeritage
sites, is driving transformative action worldwide. Protecting biodiversity calls for
#SharingHumanity
! 🔗
www.unesco.org/en/biodivers...
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Interesting audit on Greek World Heritage:
en.protothema.gr/2025/02/20/c...
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Court of Audit: No Greek natural monument has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List - ProtoThema English
The Supreme Fiscal Court found significant weaknesses and deficiencies in the system of monument management - The eight findings
https://en.protothema.gr/2025/02/20/court-of-audit-no-greek-natural-monument-has-been-inscribed-on-the-unesco-world-heritage-list/
9 months ago
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Edinburgh World Heritage
9 months ago
Happy
#WorldHeritageWednesday
! This week we’re spotlighting our volunteer Caroline’s favourite feature of the World Heritage Site: the iron-works
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Adam Markham
9 months ago
And so it begins...
#NationalParks
(gift article)
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Long lines and canceled rentals: Firings bring chaos to national parks
Trump’s purge of federal employees is already harming the visitor experience at national parks across the country.
https://wapo.st/3ELI9Ko
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Happy Valentines for heritage conservation globally!
9 months ago
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We are mourning the loss of our former UNESCO Director General, Federico Mayor! If you want to listen to his voice, the 2009 interview is online in the World Heritage Oral Archives
whc.unesco.org/en/oralarchives/
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UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations. Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration. What makes the concept of World Heritage exceptional is its universal application. World Heritage sites belong to all the peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory on which they are located.
https://whc.unesco.org
11 months ago
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Enjoyed the discussions with students today at Heidelberg University & Center for Cultural Heritage! Thank you!
11 months ago
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Adam Markham
11 months ago
Climate change impacts can exacerbate and/or accelerate the damage cause by air pollutants. This new study shows how that puts Jordan's built heritage at risk.
#climateheritage
🧪🏺
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Corrosion on cultural heritage buildings in Jordan in current situation and in future climate scenarios - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Corrosion on cultural heritage buildings in Jordan in current situation and in future climate scenarios
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-77195-y
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Just received: A Guide to America's World Heritage Sites by Robert Manning! Great to look at all these exceptional places on the
#UNESCO
World Heritage List!
#IUCN
#ICOMOS
#US/ICOMOS
11 months ago
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Adam Markham
12 months ago
The scale and speed of climate change impacts at the world's global warming frontlines is shocking. 🧪🌎
#Speciesonthemove
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘The land is tearing itself apart’: life on a collapsing Arctic isle
On Qikiqtaruk, off Canada, researchers at the frontier of climate change are seeing its rich ecology slide into the sea as the melting permafrost leaves little behind
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/21/canada-arctic-herschel-island-qikiqtaruk-climate-permafrost-tundra-ecology-aoe
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Meeting of the Board of the European Foundation Kaiserdom zu Speyer & Europe Speech by the Grand Duc of Luxemburg at the
#UNESCO
World Heritage site!
12 months ago
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Happy birthday, World Heritage Convention with a photo of the first World Heritage site (Nr 1): Galapagos Islands, Ecuador ((c) M.Patry)!
12 months ago
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Great to see other authors at the book launch event for Jacek Purchla "connecting worlds, connecting people". Many thanks to all & happy birthday to our former Chair of the World Heritage Committee!
12 months ago
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Great discussions at the
#DenkmalLeipzig
on World Heritage protection, impact assessments & climate change!
12 months ago
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Prof Boehmer opened the 84th session of the German National Commission for UNESCO in Erfurt & visit to the World Heritage site inscribed in 2023!
over 1 year ago
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Dr Mechtild Rossler
UNESCO
over 1 year ago
Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis. The threat of disasters triggered by natural hazards is escalating. We must break the cycle to ensure no one is left behind when the next hazard strikes. Discover UNESCO's role in Disaster Risk Reduction:
www.unesco.org/en/disaster-...
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Adam Markham
almost 2 years ago
Welcome to Mechtild Rossler - former director of UNESCO's World Heritage Center here on BlueSky.
@mechtildrossler.bsky.social
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Adam Markham
almost 2 years ago
"A human rights-based approach to cultural heritage protection is an essential cornerstone for climate justice and just resilience, but it often seems completely missing from the climate policy equation." New blog for UCS in the lead-up to
#COP28
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#climateheritage
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Cultural Heritage is a Human Right. Climate Change is Fast Eroding It.
Flooding, coastal erosion, wildfires, thawing permafrost, and extreme weather events are causing unprecedented loss and damage of places and customs.
https://blog.ucsusa.org/adam-markham/cultural-heritage-is-a-human-right-climate-change-is-fast-eroding-it/
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