A thick, grey smog has blanketed Kathmandu Valley and much of Nepal, turning the air acrid and the sky an unnatural shade of white. Across the country, forests are burning, rain is scarce, and the ...

World Heritage partnerships for conservation. Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites ...

Hundreds of monuments of the Kathmandu Valley’s World Heritage sites were completely destroyed on April 25. Here’s the story of a few of them.

Until the formation of Nepal in the 18th century, Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Patan were independent city states. Despite all standing in the Kathmandu Valley and being inhabited mainly by indigenous ...

Interactive Map. World Heritage in Danger. The List in Danger. Reporting & Monitoring. State of Conservation. Periodic Reporting. Questionnaires 2018-2024. Questionnaires 2008-2015. Reactive ...