Dr Mechtild Rossler

Managing World Heritage UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee – ICCROM, ICOMOS, and IUCN – have announced the release of a new manual, Managing World Heritage, a foundational reference document to gu...

An excellent resource for all stakeholders: managing World Heritage whc.unesco.org/en/managing-...

World Heritage at Risk: A Conversation with Mechtild Rössler – Landscape Architecture Platform | Landezine Robert Schäfer and Urška Škerl speak to Mechtild Rössler about the evolving World Heritage Convention. They discuss the defining threat of climate change…

My interview in Landezine looks at #UNESCO World Heritage at risk: landezine.com/world-herita...

Pilot World Heritage Strategic Investment Fund 2026

Excellent development for World Heritage, an example to follow:
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

70% of young adults say historic buildings boost their wellbeing Research finds 70% of 25-34 year olds say historic buildings positively affect wellbeing, comparable to impact of parks and green spaces.

News | 70% of young adults say historic buildings boost their wellbeing in new study 🔗https://museumsandheritage.com/advisor/posts/70-of-young-adults-say-historic-buildings-boost-their-wellbeing/

Abandoned islands off Scottish coast is walkers' paradise – but has dark past

St Kilda was home to humans for 2,000 years before the last residents were evacuated in 1930, and today visitors can camp overnight on this remote UNESCO World Heritage site

Cleits are a unique style of building to St Kilda, small stone built turf capped 'sheds'. Great for hiding those Christmas presents in
#advent, #NTS, #StKilda

Natural World Heritage sites under growing threat, but bright spots remain (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)

Natural World Heritage sites under growing threat, but bright spots remain www.sfchronicle.com/news/article...

New Opportunity – Chair of Expert & Stakeholder Group  ⋆ Stonehenge & Avebury This is a prestigious voluntary opportunity to play a key role in the governance of Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site (WHS) and contribute to protecting the WHS for current and future generat...

We're looking for the first independent Chair of the Stonehenge & Avebury World Heritage Site Expert & Stakeholder Group. Could it be you? www.stonehengeandaveburywhs.org/new-opportun...

Did you see the blog (I wrote with Prof Thomas Schmitt) on our conference on climate action & World Heritage? www.ourworldheritage.org/posts/world-...

Conference at Heidelberg University & Center for Cultural Heritage

Looking forward to our conference at Heidelberg University on 2 July 2025 on UNESCO World Heritage in the climate crisis - what can we do?

Opening session of the German National Commission for UNESCO with presentations & discussions on peace as key message of UNESCO

Peace as a process - Opening of the 85th session of the German National Commission for #UNESCO #DUK in Bonn today!

Speyer Cathedral UNESCO World Heritage site since 1981!

Enjoy World Heritage Day in Germany with site visits & events! www.unesco.de

Creating Nubia: How Colonialism, Tourism, and Archaeology Made a Region, a Past, and a People - Chart Wales William Carruthers, Lecturer in Heritage Studies, University of Essex Tuesday 8th April at 1-2pm online In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the building and heightening of the Aswan ...

I'm giving an (online) talk about my book at Swansea/the Centre for Heritage Research and Training on 8th April at 1. More details (including Zoom link) here: chart.swansea.ac.uk/events/creat...

whc.unesco.org/en/news/2748

Court of Audit: No Greek natural monument has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List - ProtoThema English The Supreme Fiscal Court found significant weaknesses and deficiencies in the system of monument management - The eight findings

Interesting audit on Greek World Heritage: en.protothema.gr/2025/02/20/c...

Happy #WorldHeritageWednesday!

This week we’re spotlighting our volunteer Caroline’s favourite feature of the World Heritage Site: the iron-works

Long lines and canceled rentals: Firings bring chaos to national parks Trump’s purge of federal employees is already harming the visitor experience at national parks across the country.

And so it begins...
#NationalParks
(gift article)

Happy Valentines for heritage conservation globally!

We are mourning the loss of our former UNESCO Director General, Federico Mayor! If you want to listen to his voice, the 2009 interview is online in the World Heritage Oral Archives whc.unesco.org/en/oralarchives/

Enjoyed the discussions with students today at Heidelberg University & Center for Cultural Heritage! Thank you!

Corrosion on cultural heritage buildings in Jordan in current situation and in future climate scenarios - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Corrosion on cultural heritage buildings in Jordan in current situation and in future climate scenarios

Climate change impacts can exacerbate and/or accelerate the damage cause by air pollutants. This new study shows how that puts Jordan's built heritage at risk. #climateheritage 🧪🏺
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Just received: A Guide to America's World Heritage Sites by Robert Manning! Great to look at all these exceptional places on the #UNESCO World Heritage List! #IUCN #ICOMOS #US/ICOMOS

‘The land is tearing itself apart’: life on a collapsing Arctic isle On Qikiqtaruk, off Canada, researchers at the frontier of climate change are seeing its rich ecology slide into the sea as the melting permafrost leaves little behind

The scale and speed of climate change impacts at the world's global warming frontlines is shocking. 🧪🌎 #Speciesonthemove

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Meeting of the Board of the European Foundation Kaiserdom zu Speyer & Europe Speech by the Grand Duc of Luxemburg at the #UNESCO World Heritage site!

Happy birthday, World Heritage Convention with a photo of the first World Heritage site (Nr 1): Galapagos Islands, Ecuador ((c) M.Patry)!

Great to see other authors at the book launch event for Jacek Purchla "connecting worlds, connecting people". Many thanks to all & happy birthday to our former Chair of the World Heritage Committee!

Chief Europe unit UNESCO World Heritage Centre on World Heritage protection

Nicholas Clarke on Heritage Impact Assessments

Members of the climate action group of ICOMOS.De

Great meeting friends & colleagues active in monuments protection ...

Great discussions at the #DenkmalLeipzig on World Heritage protection, impact assessments & climate change!