Over half the world’s 10-year-olds won’t have adequate literacy by year-end: Report

The learning poverty will substantially diminish global recruitment pool for skilled health workers by 2030

Climate crisis, tourism may place Venice on UNESCO heritage danger list

UN agency panel to discussion inclusion of Italian city in list on September 10-25, 2023

More than half the world's most important natural sites are under threat: it's time to protect them

Many of the United Nations’ World Heritage sites are being rapidly destroyed in the pursuit of short-term economic goals

24 new sites join UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves

A biosphere reserve is a site destined to reconcile the conservation of biodiversity and human activity through the sustainable use of natural …

Filling in the "big picture"

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15 new UNESCO Geoparks in three continents reflect the glory of nature

From coastal cliffs in Canada to ‘rainbow’ mountains in China to one of Europe’s true deserts, the new locations reflect the grandeur, …

Pyramids in peril

Unfair share

Parched future

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Rights against research

Bioscience get short shrift in UNESCO document

Awarding the tyrant

Award>> Life Sciences ÔÇó Equatorial Guinea

Ancient wisdom

A new book provides an insight on sacred groves

Steep crisis

UNESCO asked to list Mount Everest as endangered

The architecture & landscape of Santiniketan embrace nature as primary educator

Through architecture and principles of conservation, Santiniketan exemplifies the benefits of living in harmony with nature

Angola’s peatlands trap carbon and clean the region’s water — how we mapped this newly found landscape

High quality peatland extent data are only available for a small selection of countries and regions

Why Mount Kenya is burning and what can be done to stop the fires

The Kenyan biosphere reserve is a UNESCO World Heritage Site

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Special status for India in global village

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Barely surviving

With about 300 sq km almost stripped bare of forest cover, Africa's first national park battles for survival

UNESCO declares world’s first 5-country biosphere reserve in ‘Amazon of Europe’

The 1-million hectare Mura-Drava-Danube is the now the largest riverine protected area in Europe

Integration of culture with urban strategies can make cities sustainable

Culture is what makes cities attractive and creative. Sans culture, cities are merely concrete and steel constructions prone to social and …