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This UNESCO World Heritage manual is intended as a tool for capacity-building for the effective management of heritage, and for World Heritage properties in particular. It is designed to equip people involved in heritage conservation and management, and empower policy makers through improved institutional structures.

This UNESCO action plan mobilizes networks of sites and a wide range of partners and stakeholders in SIDS and other countries worldwide, including inter-regional, interinstitutional and inter-agency collaboration with a focus on five priority areas to improve SIDS resilience and maintain cultural heritage.

This UNESCO training manual for the protection of the underwater cultural heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean was created for heritage professionals, national authorities and universities and uses capacity building and public awareness workshops with Member States on the protection and management of underwater archeological sites in the region.

This UNESCO manual was designed to help specialists and decision-makers understand the rules concerning activities directed at underwater cultural heritage, and to facilitate their practical day-to-day application.

These UNESCO "how-to" guides present best practice approaches to sustainable economic development through tourism which offer direction and guidance to managers of World Heritage tourism destinations and other stakeholders to help identify the most suitable solutions for circumstances in their local environments and aid in developing general know-how for the management of each destination.

This United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization report contains case studies to highlight the intersection of World Heritage sites and SIDS.