International Day of Monuments and Sites 2025 – Heritage under Threat from Disasters and Conflicts: Preparedness and Learning from 60 years of ICOMOS Actions

At the 2023 General Assembly in Sydney, Disaster and Conflict Resilient Heritage - Preparedness, Response and Recovery was selected as the theme for the Triennial Scientific Plan (TSP) 2024-2027. The first year of the plan focuses on how we can prepare for possible disasters, through the prevention and mitigation of hazards, improving resilience, as well as by preparing for conflicts that threaten our cherished heritage resources.

In this context, one might ask in 2025: How can members and constituent Committees of ICOMOS better prepare for these disasters? What role can we play collectively, and what do we need to be effective in that work?

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ICOMOS TheoPhilos ISC Conference 2025

 2025 World Monuments Watch! 

The Watch is a biennial nomination-based advocacy program featuring 25 historic places facing major challenges such as climate change, tourism, conflict, and natural disaster.

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Gaza, Ukraine, and the Moon included as new entries on the World Monuments Watch list for 2025!

The 2025 edition of the World Monuments Fund (WMF)'s biannual World Monuments Watch List has been announced with 25 new cultural sites considered to be under threat from a variety of different sources, both natural and manmade.

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"Guidance and Toolkit for Impact Assessments in a World Heritage Context" / More Translations Available