After the devastating floods in 2011 that inundated the fourteenth-century Siamese capital Ayutthaya, World Monuments Fund implemented a documentation program at Wat Chaiwatthanaram in close collaboration with the Thai Ministry of Culture's Fine Arts Department (FAD). To have robust data for mapping conditions, completing surveys, and developing the conservation plan, WMF conducted laser scanning of Wat Chai in December 2012, and to support Thai requests for flood mitigation planning expanded to recording its environmental context in September 2014. As part of this process, WMF responded to FAD architects' appeals to learn more about this fast-changing technology by providing not only classroom lectures, but also hands-on field training experiences. The initiative, assisted by the University of Florida's Envision Heritage program, gained the attention of His Excellency the Minister of Culture Veera Rojpojanarat and Fine Arts Department Director General Anek Sihamat, who visited the training at Wat Chaiwatthanaram and complemented WMF on its commitment to building the skills of Thai professionals and preserving the country's heritage.

At the request of World Monuments Fund, Dr. Brian Ridout, a renowned specialist in fungal growth and insect infestation of wood structures, visited Shwe-nandaw Kyaung in Mandalay, Myanmar. Dr. Ridout performed assessments to ascertain the degree of decay in the temple's vertical teakwood support columns. His valuation, timed to the monsoon season when termites are most active, is helping to determine conservation and wood replacement strategies. While at Mandalay Dr. Ridout worked with the Ministry of Culture's Department of Archaeology (DOA) engineers to understand the depth of the problems; conducted an on-site seminar with Mandalay Technological University students; and presented the Shwe-nandaw Kyaung case at a packed public lecture. The message was clear: termites are merely a symptom and not the problem, that being poor drainage and maintenance. The multi-phased project, involving collaboration between the DOA and WMF, is surveying to document conservation needs, undertake a comprehensive conservation effort, and train a cadre of professionals, both in the government and private sectors, in the standards for conservation of Buddhist teak monasteries in Myanmar. 

An inauguration ceremony on September 19 marked the start of the conservation of Quinta de Presa, an eighteenth-century villa in Lima. The on-site public ceremony was chaired by Peru's Minister of Culture, the Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, the President of the Patronato del Rímac, and the Vice President of WMF Peru, Martha Zegarra. During the event the organizations signed a partnership agreement to develop the project, which includes the adaptive reuse of the site. WMF will be responsible for the technical studies to identify and propose potential sustainable uses.

Quinta de Presa is one of WMF's 50th Anniversary priority sites and a 2012 Watch site. Located on the outskirts of downtown Lima and north of the Rímac River, the rococo Quinta de Presa reflects the refined history of the Spanish-Creole aristocracy of Lima during the Age of Enlightenment.