Press Releases

Global Heritage Fund Invests in Archaeological Conservation and Sustainable Community Development in Ciudad Perdida

February 2010

 

Global Heritage Fund and Heritage Watch International announce landmark agreement to support Prasat Banteay Chhmar

January 2010

 

Global Heritage Fund (GHF) announces Cambodia Corporate Council to support Banteay Chhmar Conservation and Training Project

December 2009

 

UNESCO World Heritage Site Cyrene in Libya Honored with 2009 World Tourism Award for Integrated Cultural Heritage Preservation

October 2009

 

Global Heritage Fund Wins Prestigious 2009 Global Vision Award From Travel + Leisure Magazine for its Historic Preservation Work of Cambodia's Banteay Chhmar Temple Complex

October 2009

 

CNN International "World's Untold Stories" to Recognize Global Heritage Fund's Successful Conservation of Early Mayan Cultural Sites at Mirador in Guatemala

October 2009

 

GHF Congratulates John Hurd on Re-election to President of the ICOMOS International Advisory Committee

October 2009

 

Global Heritage Fund Paticipates in Second International Conference to Achieve Conservation Support for The Banteay Chhmar Temple Complex

September 2009

 

Global Heritage Fund Commends Preservation Partners for Role in Achieving UNESCO Approval of Sacred Wutai Mountain in China

July 2009

 

Global Heritage Fund Receives Grant from the Tiffany & Co. Foundation to Further Preservation in Pingyao Ancient City - UNESCO World Heritage Site in China

July 2009

 

Global Heritage Fund and Key Partners Invest $1.2 Million to Support Mirador Basin Community Development

May 2009

 

Global Heritage Fund Celebrates Dr. Richard Hansen’s Award as Environmentalist of the Year

October 2008

 

Global Heritage Fund Celebrates U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Historic Visit to Libya

September 2008

 

GHF UK adds new member to Board of Directors

July 2008

 

Global Heritage Fund to Restore and Preserve Cambodia's Treasure in Multi-Year Conservation and Community Development Initiative

July 2008

 

Global Heritage Fund Invests in Historic Preservation and Master Planning of Pingyao Ancient City, Shanxi, China

July 2008

 

Global Heritage Fund Announces Continued Sponsorship From Leading Private Companies For The Preservation Of The Cultural And Natural Heritage Of Mirador Basin

June 2008

 

Global Heritage Fund Applauds Lijiang Ancient Town Receiving 2007 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award of Merit for Preservation

September 2007

 

Global Heritage Fund Adds Two Distinguised Leaders to its Board of Directors

August 2007

 

Global Heritage Launches Google Earth™ Initiative to Save Endangered World Heritage

June 2007

 

Renowned International Conservation Leader John Hurd Joins Global Heritage Fund as Head of Archaeological Conservation and GHF's Senior Advisory Board

September 2006

 

The United States Department of the Interior and the Government of Guatemala Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Protect El Mirador

September 2006

 

GHF Leader in Conservation Dr. Richard Hansen Awarded National Order of the Cultural Patrimony of Guatemala

December 2005

 

GHF Adds Two Distinguished Leaders to its Board of Directors

December 2005

 

Global Heritage Fund Celebrates Three Years of Progress to Save Chavín De Huántar, Peru UNESCO World Heritage Site

September 2005

 

Global Heritage Fund Applauds New Government. Commitments to Preserve Guatemala's Maya Archaeological Sites and Biosphere

January 2005

 

Global Heritage Fund Adds Three Distinguished Leaders to Its Board of Directors

January 2005

 

Global Heritage Fund Commits Funds to Save 1,200-Year-Old Wooden Chinese Temple

November 2004

 

Global Heritage Fund Teams With Singapore Airlines

October 2004

 

Global Heritage Fund Instrumental in Transforming 1,000-Year-Old Chinese Town Into Top Domestic Tourist Destination.

August 2004

 

Passing: GHF Advisory Board Member Martin Weaver

July 2004

 

Global Heritage Fund Leads Efforts to Preserve Iraq's Heritage

July 2004

 

Global Heritage Fund and the World Bank Host the First Iraq Heritage Congress Dedicated to Saving Endangered World Heritage Sites

June 2004

 

Global Heritage Fund and Asia Society Bring Together Leading Conservationists and International Dignitaries at "Saving Asia's Treasures" Showcasing Conservation of Endangered World Heritage Sites in Asia

May 2004

 

Peru's First Lady Graces GHF Lima Reception to Raise Urgently Needed Funding and Awareness for Chavín de Huántar

January 2004

 

GHF Receives $100,000 from Grand Circle Foundation and UNESCO World Heritage for the Conservation of My Son Sanctuary in Vietnam

January 2004

 

GHF Mission to Shanxi Province Provides Support for the Derelict Foguang Temple

January 2004

 

GHF Lijiang Conservation Trust Completes Forty Ancient Restorations of Authentic Naxi Heritage Residents and Achieves Government Approvals for New Master Conservation Plan

January 2004

 

Goldman Fund Awards Major Grant to Global Heritage Fund Project Aiming to Help Save the Cradle of Maya Civilization

October 2003

 

Global Heritage Fund and FARES are Establishing a Break-Through 525,820-acre Road-less Wilderness, Wildlife and Archaeological Park - Mirador Basin National Monument, Guatemala

April 2003

 

Draper Richards Foundation Awards Global Heritage Fund Three Year Fellowship

April 2003

 

Global Heritage Fund Creates a New Model for Heritage Conservation in the People Republic of China (PRC)

April 2003

 

Lijiang, China Working with Global Heritage Fund and Southeast University to Develop Master Conservation Plan for the Ancient Town of Lijiang and Surrounding Areas

April 2002