Sebastiao Salgado 1944-2025
Your legacy lives on.
You saw where most of us never reach,
captivating sublime beauty
and unspeakable cruelty
of
people, creatures, and planet. Your pictures of life on earth
Continue to speak to us
beyond words.
Your caring nature restoration
at Instituto Terra,
is legacy inspiring
generations to come.
At World Heritage Watch
we thank both
You and Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado
Open Letter to UNESCO
on Saint Catherine Monastery
WHW Midsummer Party
FridayY, 27 June 2025
Event Hall and Court of the Nicolai House, Brüderstr. 13, 10178 Berlin
Press Release
Reverse the Expropriation of St. Catherine’s Monastery
Stop Tourist Megaprojects on Mount Sinai
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Mount Sinai: A Sacred Landscape Disfigured by a Megatourism Project
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New WHW Project to Preserve Ukrainian Cultural Heritage
Call for Papers
13th International NGO Forum on World Heritage
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