Knowra World Heritage Convention World Heritage Convention The 1972 UNESCO treaty that established international cooperation to identify and protect cultural and natural heritage of outstanding universal value.
World Heritage Committee : The intergovernmental body that oversees implementation of the World Heritage Convention and decides which properties enter the World Heritage List. It administers the treaty and makes the central decisions about inscription and conservation.
UNESCO : The United Nations agency that promotes international cooperation in education, science, culture, and communication. UNESCO convened the negotiations and oversees the Convention’s implementation.
World Heritage Site : A cultural, natural, or mixed property inscribed on the World Heritage List. Inscription gives a property international recognition and places it within the Convention’s protection framework.
World Heritage tourism : Travel motivated partly by the cultural or natural significance and international recognition of World Heritage properties. Inscription can increase visitation, bringing economic benefits alongside pressures on conservation.
1970 UNESCO Convention : A UNESCO treaty addressing the illicit import, export, and transfer of ownership of cultural property. It targets movable cultural property and trafficking rather than the Convention’s focus on protected sites.
World Heritage List : The register of cultural and natural properties recognized under the World Heritage Convention. It is the treaty’s main instrument for identifying heritage of outstanding universal value.
Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage : The formal title of the international treaty adopted by UNESCO in 1972 to protect cultural and natural heritage. This is the Convention’s full legal name, used in its treaty text.
Tentative List : A country's inventory of properties it may nominate for the World Heritage List in the future. A property generally must appear on its State Party’s Tentative List before nomination.
World Heritage and national identity : The ways World Heritage recognition influences how nations represent, interpret, and value their past and landscapes. The Convention’s international status can reshape the national meanings attached to listed places.
2003 UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention : A UNESCO treaty that safeguards living practices, expressions, knowledge, and skills recognized as intangible cultural heritage. It protects living heritage practices, unlike the 1972 Convention’s focus on places and properties.
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