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Ted Trzyna, Chair of the Cities and Protected Areas Specialist Group of IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas, has been representing IUCN on an ad hoc Expert Group on Historic Urban Landscapes that is advising UNESCO's World Heritage Centre on possible inclusion of this concept in the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention. The concept is broader than World Heritage Sites. 

A preliminary study by UNESCO of this topic, Document 181 EX/29, is posted at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001811/181132e.pdf

For more background and current information on UNESCO's World Heritage Cities Programme, including the Safeguarding of Historic Urban Landscapes initiative, go to http://whc.unesco.org/en/cities

IUCN is explicitly recognized in the World Heritage Convention as an advisory body to the World Heritage Committee. Click here for details.

More information about IUCN participation in this initiative will be posted on this page as the work of the Expert Group proceeds.