Secrets in the Ice!We are searching for expert contributors for this wonderful new project due to film in Toronto the week beginning the 28th October! We need archaeologists, anthropologists, climatologists, glaciologists, geologists, historians, paleontologists, survival & travel experts. You would be required for a day or two at most, a fee and travel and expenses... Continue Reading →
UNESCO closely monitoring ongoing threats to Venice World Heritage site (via: whc.unesco.org )
Representatives from the city of Venice, the Italian government, UNESCO and ICOMOS came together at UNESCO Headquarters on 2 October 2019 to discuss the ongoing challenges facing Venice and its surrounding lagoon – an iconic site whose status as a World Heritage property is in jeopardy. Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1987, Venice... Continue Reading →
UN, WWF and world’s insurers unite to launch first insurance industry guide to protect UNESCO World Heritage Sites (via: whc.unesco.org )
The first guide for the insurance industry to protect our world’s priceless and irreplaceable assets was launched today at a major event by UN Environment’s Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) in São Paulo, Brazil, convening leading insurers, investors and banks. The pioneering guide, Protecting our World Heritage, insuring a sustainable future, builds on last year’s launch of... Continue Reading →
