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The Director General launches from Beirut the “Li Beirut” initiative, putting education, culture and heritage at the heart of reconstruction efforts
The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, on Thursday launched an international fund raising appeal, Li Beirut (For Beirut in Arabic), to support the rehabilitation of…
How online science workshops are reaching girls and beyond in Peru amid COVID-19
Samantha, aged 9 from Lima, Peru, was selected to attend this year’s science programme run by UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education laureate, the…
World Heritage sites race to adapt to a warming planet
For almost 50 years, Unesco’s 1972 world heritage convention (WHC) has been the foremost global instrument for the protection of humanity’s natural and cultural heritage….
Unesco urged to declare Great Barrier Reef ‘in danger’
Environmental law groups in the US and Australia are pushing Unesco to place the world heritage status of the Great Barrier Reef on an “in…
Virtual Museums on Underwater Cultural Heritage respond to the Covid-19 crisis
The Covid-19 global health crisis has hit hard on the cultural sector. Many museums and cultural institutions around the world, both large and small, public…
“Water and Climate Change” – Indonesian youth create original videos to mark the World Water Day
“We know that by 2050, more than half of the world’s population could live in the regions subject to water stress due to the acceleration…
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