World Heritage Day 2025 Highlights Heritage Under Threat

Why in the News ?

World Heritage Day 2025 is being observed globally on April 18th. This year’s theme, “Heritage Under Threat from Disaster and Conflicts,” highlights the urgent need to protect cultural and natural sites endangered by war, natural disasters, and environmental degradation.

World Heritage Day 2025 Highlights Heritage Under Threat

Theme 2025 – Heritage Under Threat:

  • This year’s theme, “Heritage Under Threat from Disaster and Conflicts,” focuses on the vulnerabilities of historic sites.
  • Emphasizes the impact of natural calamities, wars, climate change, urbanization, and human negligence on heritage conservation.
  • A call for global collaboration to protect monuments and sites that reflect the world’s shared history and identity.

Significance of the Day:

  • Encourages people, governments, and organizations to recognize the need for preservation and sustainable management of heritage.
  • Promotes educational tours, workshops, cultural programs, and conservation campaigns.
  • Reminds global citizens of their collective responsibility to safeguard monuments and sites for future generations amid growing global challenges.
  • Reinforces the idea that protecting heritage strengthens cultural identity, historical continuity, and global unity.

About World Heritage Day:

●      Celebrated annually on 18th April as the International Day for Monuments and Sites.

●      Aims to raise awareness about the importance of conserving cultural and natural heritage across the world.

●      Established by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) in 1982 and later approved by UNESCO in 1983.