Unesco
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How Greg Hunt and his department turned good news into an international scandalThe full draft of the Unesco report on climate change reveals many mentions of Australia were actually positive
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Australia’s censorship of Unesco climate report is like a Shakespearean tragedyAustralia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef is clearly at risk from climate change, so why would Unesco agree to censor its own report?
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Every reference to the Great Barrier Reef was removed from a UN report on the impact of climate change on tourism and World Heritage sites after ‘intervention’ from the Australian government. What is going on?Brenda the Civil Disobedience Penguin loses her mind over the Great Barrier Reef. Oh my god!
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Great Barrier Reef: UN report lead author 'shocked' all Australian references removedDraft chapter warned reef was ‘poor and deteriorating’ but all references were excised following government intervention
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Cecil's legacy: could the death of one lion start a conservation movement?Inspired by Cecil the lion, activists have begun an uphill struggle to convince Unesco to do for wildlife what it already does for places – and create World Heritage Species
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British Museum displays Yemeni artefact to highlight civil warImage of bearded man was chipped out of recycled block of calcite 2,300 years ago in country now riven by conflict
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Digital Triumphal Arch can’t replace the real thingLetters: There is surely greater dignity in remembering and conserving what remains as a truthful record of the human and cultural losses
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Why should we stand by and watch our heritage crumble?Letters: Monuments, as embodiments of history, religion, art and science, are significant and complex repositories of cultural narratives
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Who will succeed Ban Ki-moon? A guide to the possible candidatesThe UN secretary general’s term is up at the end of this year. Here are some of the confirmed and possible runners and riders in the organisation’s first open contest for its next head
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Poland approves large-scale logging in Europe's last primeval forestGreenpeace accuses government of ignoring scientists over fate of Białowieża woodland, home to 20,000 animal species and Europe’s tallest trees
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Córdoba rejects Catholic church's claim to own mosque-cathedralBuilding does not belong to any individual or organisation, according to council report on long-running row
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Italy puts Neapolitan pizza-making forward for Unesco recognitionCountry wants style distinguished from rivals such as New York pizza, saying it is central to Italian identity
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ICC's first cultural destruction trial to open in The HagueWar crimes trial of jihadi leader accused of destroying mausoleums in Timbuktu will begin on Tuesday
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Shark attacks Brazilian scuba diver during Unesco marine preserve diveThe 33-year-old man is expected to undergo surgery on Tuesday after his forearm was ripped off while vacationing at Unesco site, Fernando de Noronha
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Libya's cultural heritage 'being destroyed and plundered by Isis'Museums and UN say ancient artefacts and artwork are in danger of obliteration or being looted and sold illegally
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Crematorium near Taj Mahal must be moved, Indian supreme court rulesJudges make order amid concerns that smoke and ash spewing from mausoleum could harm marble monument
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Kosovo fails in Unesco membership bidJoining the UN cultural body would have represented another step in Kosovo’s bid for full international recognition
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Conservation group challenges approval of Carmichael coalmine as ‘illegal’Australian Conservation Foundation takes battle against Queensland mine to federal court, arguing Greg Hunt failed to consider the impact of climate pollution on the Great Barrier Reef
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Russia's air force bombs Isis base near ancient city of PalmyraRussia confirms attack close to Unesco world heritage site and says its jets have struck more than 237 targets in Syria over past two days
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Edinburgh’s world heritage status in peril as developers move inAs inspectors tour the city to reconsider Unesco billing, leading novelist denounces £850m plan
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UN to deploy peacekeepers to protect world heritage sitesItaly proposed move in wake of destruction of sites including Palmyra in Syria by Islamic State
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The unrest is silence: why ‘classical’ music traditions are under threatFrom Thai gong music to Iraqi oud to American jazz, there are more classical traditions than we might imagine – and as a result of political turmoil, many of them need help to survive
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Japan threatens to halt Unesco funding over Nanjing massacre listingUN body has included disputed Chinese documents about Nanjing massacre in its Memory of the World list, despite Tokyo’s protests
Irina Bokova: the woman standing between Isis and world heritage