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Around this year’s World Rivers Day on 25 September, a number of events and activities were held along the Aoos-Vjosa River in Greece and Albania to promote transboundary collaboration and protection of this unique river system, from its source to the sea.

Are you interested in helping conserve the world’s most outstanding natural places? Join the IUCN Academy for a free online course to learn more about natural World Heritage sites and what makes them different from other types of protected areas.

The World Heritage Programme is currently undertaking an update of the Enhancing our Heritage Toolkit, published in 2008. Originally designed to assist with management effectiveness assessments at natural sites, the revisions aim to make it applicable for cultural sites as wells.

The World Heritage Leadership programme is a capacity-building initiative aiming to improve conservation and management practices for culture and nature, as an integral component of World Heritage sites' contribution to sustainable development.

Some very special areas are recognised simultaneously under several international designations, all of which have environmental conservation at their heart. These include Ramsar Sites and World Heritage sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks.