World Heritage Review 102: The private sector pitches in

World Heritage sites require an enormous number of resources for their protection. Conservation needs are met in different ways by governments, vibrant communities, or donors of many types. But increasingly the private sector is taking action with a powerful impact on conservation and management.

Across industries such as banking, the insurance sector and extractive industries, more corporations are making no-go commitments and taking other actions to prevent destructive activity and to support World Heritage conservation.