The Latest Breaking News from UNESCO

Every summer, forest fires sweep across Spain, dominating headlines and leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. This year’s have been especially harsh, with devastating fires thus far in Tarifa, Zamora, the Madrid area, Galicia and Extremadura, while the UNESCO-listed natural park of Las Médulas, in León, has been…

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Tiébélé’s wavy-walled houses covered in geometric lines showing signs of disintegration amid erratic weather

New study warns that rising sea levels could threaten Easter Island’s iconic moai statues by the end of this century

THE "mindless" vandalism of a Scottish heritage site has been condemned after sculptures and benches were sprayed blue ...

Cities like Dubrovnik and Tallinn have succeeded in preserving their medieval heritage while balancing tourist and resident safety and comfort.

The Malian military government has returned home the first batch of the manuscripts of Timbuktu, dating back to the 13th century, that were spirited out of their fabled northern city when it was occupied by al-Qaida-linked militants more than a decade ago

A young boy died of heatstroke in Italy while wildfires threatened a UNESCO site in Spain and French cites saw record temperatures, as a heatwave baked Europe on Monday.

Fires threaten a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Spain as temperatures hit new records.

New Australian government report finds coral decline across the reef due to ‘climate change-induced heat stress’.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered its steepest coral cover decline in nearly four decades, with heatwaves, storms and starfish outbreaks pushing the World Heritage site towards an irreversible tipping point.