World Heritage Convention (WHC)
- The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (the World Heritage Convention) was adopted in Paris, France in November 1972 and came into force in December 1975. The Convention is a unique international instrument in that it seeks to protect both cultural and natural heritage. The Convention defines the kind of sites which can be considered for inscription of the World Heritage List (ancient monuments, museums, biodiversity and geological heritage all come within the scope of the Convention), and sets out the duties of States Parties in identifying potential sites and their role in protecting them. Although many World Heritage sites fall into either the ‘cultural’ or ‘natural’ categories, a particularly important aspect of the Convention is its ability to recognise landscapes that combine these values, and where the biological and physical aspects of landscape have evolved alongside human activity. As of January 2005 there were 179 State Parties to the Convention, with 788 World Heritage Sites designated across 134 states (of which 154 sites were designated because of their natural heritage).
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See also:
The World Heritage Convention website - The official website of the World Heritage Convention Secretariat.
- This webpage provide access to:
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Current Convention news including a calendar of events, special reports and regular updates of World Heritage happenings.
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World Heritage Site information including site accounts, sites in danger, virtual tours plus information on conservation methods and management issues.
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Details of the Convention including background and summary information, the full Convention text, the World Heritage List, a table of contracting parties, and further procedural information on the World Heritage nominating process, operational guidelines, and global strategy.
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Participatory information aimed at educators and site managers.
URL: http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm
Convention for the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage.