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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Normandy’s D-Day World War Two beaches become UNESCO heritage site

image for illustration: Omaha Beach, Jebulon, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons The Normandy D-Day beaches where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944, have become a UNESCO protected world heritage site, reports Reuters.

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IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD signpost: New UK pilots from UKNC UNESCO & NTU ‘explore how living heritage gives places meaning’

image for illustration: BLloydT, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The UK National Commission (UKNC) for UNESCO has announced a new partnership with Nottingham Trent University (NTU) to support four pilot projects exploring the relationship between built heritage and intangible … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: ICOMOS etc. ‘Call for Applications’: … World Heritage Management Plans… online site manager consultation on needs etc – to 5/06 for 10/06

ICOMOS, ICCROM and IUCN are inviting World Heritage site managers and heritage professionals to participate in an international consultation, to be held on 10 June 2026, focused on the development and revision of management plans for World Heritage sites.

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