UNESCO has added 12 new Global Geoparks for 2026, with standout new sites in China, Japan and Malaysia. Here’s what ...

What they described were not abstract qualities, but the core components of intercultural leadership as developed through the programme: building trust across divides, listening and mediating between ...

UNESCO heritage push: Belgium is renewing efforts to have its frites tradition recognized as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, citing its deep cultural roots and unique preparation. What makes them ...

In Icelandic, "Vatnajökull" means "the water glacier." At over 3,000 square miles, this massive ice cap covers more than eight percent of Iceland. "I remember the first time I seen a glacier, it moved ...

The International Geoscience and Geoparks Programme is governed by two Councils: the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council, which ...

UNESCO also warned that funding is still low, with many governments spending just 0.8% of global GDP on higher education.

African world heritage constitutes an essential part of human history. Every 5 May, African World Heritage Day (AWHD) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay delivers a speech during a ceremony celebrating the final phase of the restoration works on ...

UNESCO, the cultural arm of the United Nations, is headquartered in Paris and has 194 member countries. Fred Romero via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0 The United States will once again pull out of ...

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Traditional commoners who use public land for grazing want their ancient rights to be preserved if an ancient woodland is ...