Tag: UNESCO

Boma–Badingilo Migratory Landscape Becomes South Sudan’s First UNESCO World Heritage Site

Stuart Mitchell

The Government of the Republic of South Sudan today announced that the Boma-Badingilo Migratory Landscape (BBML) has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, becoming South Sudan’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site. The inscription acknowledges the landscape’s outstanding universal value and secures international recognition for one of the planet’s most remarkable migratory systems. Spanning Boma National Park, Badingilo National Park and the vast network of wildlife corridors that connect them, the landscape covers approximately 12 million hectares of savannas, floodplains, wetlands and woodlands. One of the largest intact and…

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Facing major threats, six new sites join UNESCO’s List of World Heritage in Danger, three of them on an emergency basis

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, meeting in Busan (Republic of Korea), decided to inscribe three sites on the World Heritage List following an emergency procedure: the Boma-Badingilo Migratory Landscape (South Sudan), Mount Amel Castles (Lebanon), and Sebastia (State of Palestine). The application of the emergency procedure reflects the current context marked by numerous crises of diverse nature, including armed conflict and climate change, that are heavily affecting heritage and exposing it to serious threats. These three sites have also been inscribed at the same time on the List of World Heritage…

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UNESCO mobilizes leaders as 113 countries spend more on debt payments than on education

Stuart Mitchell

Four years after the landmark Transforming Education Summit convened by the UN Secretary-General, UNESCO is bringing together education leaders from around the world to identify solutions to the global education financing crisis. As new figures show that international aid to education could fall by up to 30% between 2023 and 2027, and that 113 countries spend more on debt servicing than on education, UNESCO is publishing concrete recommendations to help countries break the debt trap and invest in education. Education is the most powerful investment countries can make, yet it…

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UNESCO and SEVENTEEN scale-up global youth empowerment initiative focused on creativity and well-being

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO and the K-pop icon SEVENTEEN celebrated the impact of their joint youth empowerment initiative “Going Together – For Youth Creativity and Well-Being”, and to officially launch the ambitious Scale-Up Phase. In the presence of JOSHUA of SEVENTEEN, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Youth, the high-level event showcased the ten outstanding grantees whose projects will be expanded under the new phase. Young people are shaping our world today through their creativity and innovation. UNESCO and SEVENTEEN have a joint ambition to empower youth, and the “Going Together” initiative has already made…

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Ferrero UK, Hutan and Chester Zoo are working together to shape the future of conservation in Borneo’s ecologically vital Kinabatangan UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

Stuart Mitchell

On World Rainforest Day, Ferrero UK, Hutan and Chester Zoo are announcing details of a three year Biodiversity Research Forest programme in the Kinabatangan UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.   Led by Hutan, a community led conservation organisation working in the region since 1998, scientists have launched an innovative study combining cutting-edge methods, including thermal drones, bioacoustics recorders and camera traps to monitor several iconic species such as the Bornean elephant and orangutans as well as key indicator species that act as a barometer of overall ecosystem health, including soil invertebrates, birds and frogs.   By deploying these monitoring technologies, Hutan, Chester Zoo…

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