South Korea will host the 48th annual session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee next year in the southeastern port city of ...

“The protection of biodiversity in the [Upper Gulf of California], which includes the vaquita marina and the totoaba, ...

A total of 26 new sites were added to the UNESCO World Heritage list this year, 21 of which are of cultural importance to ...

Three locations used by Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by ...

But now, that familiar forest has a new title — one that puts it on par with Mount Kinabalu and the ancient caves of Niah. As ...

A new strategy for World Heritage in Ireland aims to increase the number of World Heritage Properties in the country to ...

Bavaria's fairy-tale royal castles, including Neuschwanstein, Herrenchiemsee and Linderhof, have been added to the UNESCO ...

Two Azerbaijani sites - the "Ancient City of Gabala" and the "Historical, Cultural and Natural Complex of Gamigaya and Goygol ...

The collection of ancient rock art becomes the country's second site to receive World Heritage status due to its First ...

Mount Mulanje in Malawi, Diy-Gid-Biy cultural landscape in Cameroon and Bijagos Archipelago in Guinea-Bissau take their place ...

The 47th session of the World Heritage Committee opens on Sunday, 6 July 2025, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. Over the following 10 days, the Committee will decide which new sites will be ...