Publications

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 guide conservation in World Heritage and other heritage places, outlining the key elements and processes of the management system.

This publication marks a key outcome of the Heriland European Doctoral Programme and presents a forward-looking agenda for research and training at the intersection of cultural heritage and spatial planning. Published with ICCROM, the handbook brings together innovative perspectives on how heritage, landscape, and planning can be better connected in education and practice.

This year’s edition is held under the theme, “The Role of Women and Youth in Cultural Heritage Conservation and Museum Innovation.” It highlights women as guardians and transmitters of cultural knowledge and emphasizes youth as innovators in heritage preservation. Discussions focus on empowering communities, promoting intergenerational dialogue, strengthening cultural resilience, and shaping inclusive policies that ensure heritage remains relevant in a rapidly changing world.

Este volumen ofrece un panorama diverso de iniciativas, proyectos y reflexiones en torno a la gestión de riesgos que enfrenta el patrimonio cultural en contextos cada vez más complejos, incluyendo fenómenos naturales, factores antropogénicos y los efectos del cambio climático, con el objetivo de fortalecer capacidades, compartir experiencias y abrir nuevos espacios de diálogo y cooperación para su protección.

The Heritage Samples Archives: A Guide for Management aims to improve the care and preservation of these collections – ensuring they remain accessible, meaningful, and protected for future use. 

This deck of cards presents 25 forces of change (or ‘drivers’) that are shaping our world, organized around societal, technological, environmental, economic, and political themes. Unlike trends, which are patterns of activities operating over a shorter term, drivers represent clusters of many trends that form deeper structural dynamics of change over a longer time horizon, even upwards of 50 years. Drivers, which emerge and recede gradually, are not likely to be reversed.

Dedicamos dos números de Conversaciones… a Roberto Pane (1897-1987), un personaje singularmente importante, pero que en algunos países se conoce poco, en particular fuera de Europa. Roberto Pane, originario de Taranto, pero quien vivió sobre todo en Nápoles, fue no sólo un humanista y arquitecto, sino además dibujante, fotógrafo y prolífico escritor.

Se analiza críticamente el valor del patrimonio, diversos tipos de intervenciones y la investigación aplicada a materiales y procesos de conservación y restauración: limpieza, control de sales, consolidación, reintegración de faltantes y el uso de réplicas; con el fin de aportar una visión amplia para la reflexión sobre temas normativos.

ICCROM, through its flagship programme First Aid and Resilience of Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis (FAR) is pleased to present the results of an innovative implementation research from five climate hot spots worldwide, developed under a 30-month capacity development initiative, Net Zero: Heritage for Climate Action. This study, field-tested in Brazil, Egypt, India, Sudan, and Uganda, shows how conserving heritage can lead to tailored and integrated solutions that address disaster risk reduction, climate action, and the promotion of peacebuilding.