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IUCN reviews nine new World Heritage nominations for 2019
Corals at Ras Mohammed National Park, Egypt Photo: mindgrow [CC BY-SA 2-0]. from flickr

IUCN lists 15 new sites as world’s best protected areas
Henry Cleere (left) and Jim Thorsell (right) joined by a Vietnamese colleague during an evaluation mission Photo: Jim Thorsell

Henry Cleere, a pillar of the World Heritage Convention
Mount Sanqingshan National Park, a World Heritage site in China Photo: IUCN / Chris Wood

New IUCN report helps choose the right tools to assess how key natural areas benefit people
Lin, Lake Ohrid, Albania Photo: Christopher Graz

Pearl in a plastic bag
Photo: IUCN / Angela Jones

New landmark sites for people, place and identity – IUCN’s key takeaways from the 2018 World Heritage Committee meeting
The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities Photo: IUCN / Faisal Abu-Izzeddin

Close ties between water and culture highlighted at World Heritage meeting
High mountain pasture Kyrgyzstan Photo: Jens Wunderlich

World Heritage regional consultation process takes off in Central Asia
Madison Pearl Edwards Photo: IUCN / Angela Jones

The 12-year-old Belizean girl who spoke up at the World Heritage Committee meeting – interview
Photo: IUCN / Davis Sheppard

Yemen urged to halt damaging activities in Socotra Archipelago, as advised by IUCN

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