Dr Mechtild Rossler
@mechtildrossler.bsky.social
Former Director UNESCO World Heritage Centre; CNRS Géographie-cités
Natural World Heritage sites under growing threat, but bright spots remain www.sfchronicle.com/news/article...
Natural World Heritage sites under growing threat, but bright spots remain
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www.sfchronicle.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Natural World Heritage sites under growing threat, but bright spots remain www.sfchronicle.com/news/article...
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We're looking for the first independent Chair of the Stonehenge & Avebury World Heritage Site Expert & Stakeholder Group. Could it be you? www.stonehengeandaveburywhs.org/new-opportun...
New Opportunity – Chair of Expert & Stakeholder Group ⋆ Stonehenge & Avebury
This is a prestigious voluntary opportunity to play a key role in the governance of Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site (WHS) and contribute to protecting the WHS for current and future generat...
www.stonehengeandaveburywhs.org
August 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We're looking for the first independent Chair of the Stonehenge & Avebury World Heritage Site Expert & Stakeholder Group. Could it be you? www.stonehengeandaveburywhs.org/new-opportun...
Did you see the blog (I wrote with Prof Thomas Schmitt) on our conference on climate action & World Heritage? www.ourworldheritage.org/posts/world-...
July 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Did you see the blog (I wrote with Prof Thomas Schmitt) on our conference on climate action & World Heritage? www.ourworldheritage.org/posts/world-...
Looking forward to our conference at Heidelberg University on 2 July 2025 on UNESCO World Heritage in the climate crisis - what can we do?
June 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Looking forward to our conference at Heidelberg University on 2 July 2025 on UNESCO World Heritage in the climate crisis - what can we do?
Enjoy World Heritage Day in Germany with site visits & events! www.unesco.de
June 1, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Enjoy World Heritage Day in Germany with site visits & events! www.unesco.de
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I'm giving an (online) talk about my book at Swansea/the Centre for Heritage Research and Training on 8th April at 1. More details (including Zoom link) here: chart.swansea.ac.uk/events/creat...
Creating Nubia: How Colonialism, Tourism, and Archaeology Made a Region, a Past, and a People - Chart Wales
William Carruthers, Lecturer in Heritage Studies, University of Essex Tuesday 8th April at 1-2pm online In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the building and heightening of the Aswan ...
chart.swansea.ac.uk
March 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I'm giving an (online) talk about my book at Swansea/the Centre for Heritage Research and Training on 8th April at 1. More details (including Zoom link) here: chart.swansea.ac.uk/events/creat...
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#TravelTuesday takes us to Borobudur Temple Compounds in Java, Indonesia! 🏯✨
Built in the 8th century, it was abandoned for years before being restored by #UNESCO — now a #WorldHeritage site to be preserved for future generations!
Learn more: whc.unesco.org/en/list/592
Built in the 8th century, it was abandoned for years before being restored by #UNESCO — now a #WorldHeritage site to be preserved for future generations!
Learn more: whc.unesco.org/en/list/592
March 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
#TravelTuesday takes us to Borobudur Temple Compounds in Java, Indonesia! 🏯✨
Built in the 8th century, it was abandoned for years before being restored by #UNESCO — now a #WorldHeritage site to be preserved for future generations!
Learn more: whc.unesco.org/en/list/592
Built in the 8th century, it was abandoned for years before being restored by #UNESCO — now a #WorldHeritage site to be preserved for future generations!
Learn more: whc.unesco.org/en/list/592
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🌍 #Biodiversity is essential for nature & people.
@unesco.org, through its global networks of #Geoparks, #BiosphereReserves & #WorldHeritage sites, is driving transformative action worldwide.
Protecting biodiversity calls for #SharingHumanity!
🔗 www.unesco.org/en/biodivers...
@unesco.org, through its global networks of #Geoparks, #BiosphereReserves & #WorldHeritage sites, is driving transformative action worldwide.
Protecting biodiversity calls for #SharingHumanity!
🔗 www.unesco.org/en/biodivers...
February 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🌍 #Biodiversity is essential for nature & people.
@unesco.org, through its global networks of #Geoparks, #BiosphereReserves & #WorldHeritage sites, is driving transformative action worldwide.
Protecting biodiversity calls for #SharingHumanity!
🔗 www.unesco.org/en/biodivers...
@unesco.org, through its global networks of #Geoparks, #BiosphereReserves & #WorldHeritage sites, is driving transformative action worldwide.
Protecting biodiversity calls for #SharingHumanity!
🔗 www.unesco.org/en/biodivers...
Interesting audit on Greek World Heritage: en.protothema.gr/2025/02/20/c...
Court of Audit: No Greek natural monument has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List - ProtoThema English
The Supreme Fiscal Court found significant weaknesses and deficiencies in the system of monument management - The eight findings
en.protothema.gr
February 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Interesting audit on Greek World Heritage: en.protothema.gr/2025/02/20/c...
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Happy #WorldHeritageWednesday!
This week we’re spotlighting our volunteer Caroline’s favourite feature of the World Heritage Site: the iron-works
This week we’re spotlighting our volunteer Caroline’s favourite feature of the World Heritage Site: the iron-works
February 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Happy #WorldHeritageWednesday!
This week we’re spotlighting our volunteer Caroline’s favourite feature of the World Heritage Site: the iron-works
This week we’re spotlighting our volunteer Caroline’s favourite feature of the World Heritage Site: the iron-works
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Happy Valentines for heritage conservation globally!
February 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Happy Valentines for heritage conservation globally!
We are mourning the loss of our former UNESCO Director General, Federico Mayor! If you want to listen to his voice, the 2009 interview is online in the World Heritage Oral Archives whc.unesco.org/en/oralarchives/
UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations. Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration. What makes the concept of World Heritage exceptional is its universal application. World Heritage sites belong to all the peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory on which they are located.
whc.unesco.org
December 20, 2024 at 9:10 AM
We are mourning the loss of our former UNESCO Director General, Federico Mayor! If you want to listen to his voice, the 2009 interview is online in the World Heritage Oral Archives whc.unesco.org/en/oralarchives/
Enjoyed the discussions with students today at Heidelberg University & Center for Cultural Heritage! Thank you!
December 9, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Enjoyed the discussions with students today at Heidelberg University & Center for Cultural Heritage! Thank you!
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Climate change impacts can exacerbate and/or accelerate the damage cause by air pollutants. This new study shows how that puts Jordan's built heritage at risk. #climateheritage 🧪🏺
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Corrosion on cultural heritage buildings in Jordan in current situation and in future climate scenarios - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Corrosion on cultural heritage buildings in Jordan in current situation and in future climate scenarios
www.nature.com
December 1, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Climate change impacts can exacerbate and/or accelerate the damage cause by air pollutants. This new study shows how that puts Jordan's built heritage at risk. #climateheritage 🧪🏺
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Just received: A Guide to America's World Heritage Sites by Robert Manning! Great to look at all these exceptional places on the #UNESCO World Heritage List! #IUCN #ICOMOS #US/ICOMOS
November 28, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Just received: A Guide to America's World Heritage Sites by Robert Manning! Great to look at all these exceptional places on the #UNESCO World Heritage List! #IUCN #ICOMOS #US/ICOMOS
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The scale and speed of climate change impacts at the world's global warming frontlines is shocking. 🧪🌎 #Speciesonthemove
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The land is tearing itself apart’: life on a collapsing Arctic isle
On Qikiqtaruk, off Canada, researchers at the frontier of climate change are seeing its rich ecology slide into the sea as the melting permafrost leaves little behind
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2024 at 10:36 AM
The scale and speed of climate change impacts at the world's global warming frontlines is shocking. 🧪🌎 #Speciesonthemove
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Meeting of the Board of the European Foundation Kaiserdom zu Speyer & Europe Speech by the Grand Duc of Luxemburg at the #UNESCO World Heritage site!
November 19, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Meeting of the Board of the European Foundation Kaiserdom zu Speyer & Europe Speech by the Grand Duc of Luxemburg at the #UNESCO World Heritage site!
Happy birthday, World Heritage Convention with a photo of the first World Heritage site (Nr 1): Galapagos Islands, Ecuador ((c) M.Patry)!
November 16, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Happy birthday, World Heritage Convention with a photo of the first World Heritage site (Nr 1): Galapagos Islands, Ecuador ((c) M.Patry)!
Great to see other authors at the book launch event for Jacek Purchla "connecting worlds, connecting people". Many thanks to all & happy birthday to our former Chair of the World Heritage Committee!
November 14, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Great to see other authors at the book launch event for Jacek Purchla "connecting worlds, connecting people". Many thanks to all & happy birthday to our former Chair of the World Heritage Committee!
Great discussions at the #DenkmalLeipzig on World Heritage protection, impact assessments & climate change!
November 8, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Great discussions at the #DenkmalLeipzig on World Heritage protection, impact assessments & climate change!
Prof Boehmer opened the 84th session of the German National Commission for UNESCO in Erfurt & visit to the World Heritage site inscribed in 2023!
June 21, 2024 at 4:31 AM
Prof Boehmer opened the 84th session of the German National Commission for UNESCO in Erfurt & visit to the World Heritage site inscribed in 2023!
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Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis.
The threat of disasters triggered by natural hazards is escalating.
We must break the cycle to ensure no one is left behind when the next hazard strikes.
Discover UNESCO's role in Disaster Risk Reduction: www.unesco.org/en/disaster-...
The threat of disasters triggered by natural hazards is escalating.
We must break the cycle to ensure no one is left behind when the next hazard strikes.
Discover UNESCO's role in Disaster Risk Reduction: www.unesco.org/en/disaster-...
February 29, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis.
The threat of disasters triggered by natural hazards is escalating.
We must break the cycle to ensure no one is left behind when the next hazard strikes.
Discover UNESCO's role in Disaster Risk Reduction: www.unesco.org/en/disaster-...
The threat of disasters triggered by natural hazards is escalating.
We must break the cycle to ensure no one is left behind when the next hazard strikes.
Discover UNESCO's role in Disaster Risk Reduction: www.unesco.org/en/disaster-...