The famous Grand Canyon in Arizona was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 and is known for its breathtaking ...

UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee have issued new guidance for assessing impacts from projects that could potentially affect the planet’s most precious heritage places.

Decades of neglect turned out to be a blessing for the town of Paraty, and its unspoiled colonial buildings are now the ...

With a resounding call for shared responsibility and ethical innovation, the Declaration of the World Heritage Young Professionals Forum 2025 was drafted and adopted by the 25 participating young ...

UNESCO has designated Jamaica's Port Royal as a World Heritage site. Port Royal is known for its history as a pirate haven and its role in the transatlantic slave trade. A 1692 earthquake submerged a ...

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 ...

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 ...

If the summer is about sailing around the islands, Fiona McIntosh says the autumn is for hiking pristine mountains and taking ...

Every time California comes to mind, so do its iconic landscapes: the towering redwoods along the coast, and the awe-inspiring glacial valleys carved deep into the Sierra Nevada. Redwood and Yosemite ...

Three former torture and execution sites used by Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage list, in recognition of their journey “from centers of repression to places ...