Global initiatives on World Heritage
Working with its wide network of partners and experts, IUCN's global initiatives on World Heritage conservation focus on specific themes relevant to certain aspects of World Heritage.
IUCN's initiatives on World Heritage
IUCN leads on a series of initiatives and activities to enhance the role of the World Heritage Convention, and make it more effective and relevant to global conservation. These initiatives focus on guiding practice, improving management and capacity, reinforcing policy, and recognising success and leadership.
Regional initiatives on World Heritage
Partnership initiatives:
- Exploring the World Heritage Convention for High Seas conservation: UNESCO Marine World Heritage Programme
- Leveraging the World Heritage Convention for conservation in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: ICIMOD
- Towards strengthened governance of the shared transboundary natural and cultural heritage of the Lake Ohrid region: UNESCO World Heritage Centre
- Enhancing our Heritage toolkit: UNESCO World Heritage Centre
- Understanding Rights Practices in the World Heritage System: Lessons from the Asia Pacific: Swiss Network for International Studies
- COMPACT - Engaging Local Communities in Stewardship of World Heritage: GEF Small Grants Programme
- African World Heritage Fund
- Heritage Futures
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