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	World Heritage Site - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Each World Heritage Site is the property of the country on whose territory the site is located, but it is considered in the interest of the international community to preserve each site for future generations of humankind.
		Site #444: The Ksar of Aït Benhaddou (Morocco).
		Site #772: The Banaue Rice Terraces in the mountains of Ifugao (Philippines).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Heritage_Site (1416 words)

	List of World Heritage Sites in Europe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe.
		Sites marked with an asterisk () are also included on the List* of World Heritage Sites in danger.
		List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Europe (2018 words)

	Information Kit: The List of World Heritage in Danger
		Inscription of any site on the List of World Heritage in Danger requires the Committee to develop and adopt, in consultation with the State Party concerned, a programme for corrective measures, and subsequently to monitor the situation of the site.
		Thus the Royal Palaces of Abomey in Benin were simultaneously inscribed on the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1985, at the request of the government of Benin itself, after a tornado struck the site causing extensive damage.
		The inscription on the List of World Heritage in Danger was thus avoided.
	whc.unesco.org /kit-dangerlist.htm (1208 words)

	Cambodia temple off danger list
		It was one of three places removed from the list of 35 sites by the 21-member world heritage committee.
		The Unesco committee was meeting for its 28th world heritage conference in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou.
		Oman's Bahla Fort was entered on the world heritage list in 1987 and the danger list a year later.
	www.cambodianonline.net /articles200465.htm (303 words)

	Wetland and marine protected areas on the world heritage list (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The decision whether a site had major or secondary wetland and marine values was based upon whether or not the values were one of the most important characteristics of the site and whether or not it was part of the criteria mentioned by the State Party in the nomination for World Heritage designation.
		For example, the Sundarbans was categorised as a site with major wetland and marine values since one of the primary reasons for its nomination and inscription on the World Heritage List was because it is the world's largest region of mangrove forest.
		World Heritage Operational Guidelines, # 43-45 (annex 3) and Ramsar qualifications for wetland values were the main criteria used in compiling the list of sites with significant wetland and marine values which may merit future nomination for the World Heritage List.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /wh/reviews/wetlands/2.htm (3321 words)

	ScienceDaily: Archaeology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the New World, archaeology is more commonly devoted to the study of human societies and is treated as one of the four subfields of Anthropology.
		Among the goals of CRM are the identification, preservation, and maintenance of cultural sites on public and private lands, and the removal of culturally valuable materials from areas where they would otherwise be destroyed by human activity, such as proposed construction.
		Site survey is the attempt to systematically locate features of interest, such as houses and middens, within a site.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/archaeology (6233 words)

	Dangers of the World Heritage List 1984 orwell dictator dictatorship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Dangers of the World Heritage List 1984 orwell dictator dictatorship
		Sites in danger of losing the qualities that caused them to be added to the List can be placed on the World Heritage in Danger list.
		Sites placed on the Danger list may receive special technical and financial assistance to help restore the sites.
	www.shire.net /big.brother/essayworldheritagelist.htm (337 words)

	IUCN - World Commission on Protected Areas
		Every six years, States Parties to the Convention are invited to submit to the World Heritage Committee a periodic report on the application of the World Heritage Convention in their countries (click here to view the list of natural or mixed sites according to the WCPA regions).
		Sites with severe threats to their World Heritage values may be added to the List of World Heritage in Danger.
		From the above list of sites, four are inscribed on the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger.
	www.iucn.org /themes/wcpa/wheritage/monitoring/monitoring.htm (1372 words)

	World Heritage Site
		Site #540: The historic centre of St. Petersburg and its suburbs (Russia).
		Site #772: The Banaue Rice Terraces are terraces carved into the mountains of Ifugao (Philippines).
		The programme was founded with the Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage that was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 16 November 1972.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/w/wo/world_heritage_site.html (1373 words)

	World Heritage Convention - Office of International Affairs - National Park Service
		One hundred years later, during the Nixon administration, the United States proposed the World Heritage Convention to the international community and was the first nation to ratify it.
		Under the World Heritage Convention, both the United States and Canada are required to submit a country-specific periodic report and a joint regional periodic report for North America.
		The World Heritage Committee is a 21-nation body elected from among all those that have ratified the convention to carry out its program of recognition and mutual assistance.
	www.nps.gov /oia/topics/worldheritage/worldheritage.htm (903 words)

	worldhouseinfo
		The archaeological site of this minaret was successfully nominated as Afghanistan's first World Heritage site in 2002.
		It was also inscribed in UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in Danger, due to the precarious state of preservation of the minaret, and results of looting at the site.
		The minaret of Jam is currently in danger by erosion, water infiltration and floods, due to its proximity to the Hari Rud and Jam Rud rivers.
	www.worldhouseinfo.com /minaret.htm (512 words)

	List of World Heritage Sites in danger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		These are 31 sites which the UNESCO World Heritage Committee has decided to include on a list of World Heritage Sites in danger; this list also shows the year in which the World Heritage committee added the site to this list.
		Sites previously listed as being in danger, but later removed from the list after improvements.
		UNESCO World Heritage Centre - World Heritage in Danger List - Official site
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_danger (193 words)

	The Hindu : Karnataka / Bellary News : Hampi may be removed from list of heritage sites in danger
		BELLARY: The 30th session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), to be held at Vilnius, capital of Lithuania, in 2006, will consider removal of Hampi from the "List of World Heritage Sites in Danger".
		Sources The Hindu that a decision to consider removal of Hampi from the list was taken at the 29th session of the WHC held at Durban recently.
		UNESCO placed Hampi in the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger in since 1999 as it was against the construction of a two-way cable-stayed bridge across the Tungabhadra to link Hampi with Anegundi ("Cradle of the Vijayanagar Empire").
	www.hindu.com /2005/10/27/stories/2005102706750400.htm (390 words)

	WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE ADDS FOUR SITES TO LIST OF WORLD HERITAGE IN DANGER {30 November 1999}
		The World Heritage Committee made its decision following the absence of satisfactory progress with regard to closure of the road and to the implementation of the recovery plan since the issues were first raised.
		The List of endangered sites is designed to attract the attention of world leaders and focus public opinion on the need to preserve cultural or natural sites of universal value that are particularly threatened by natural causes or by human intervention.
		The List is revised annually at the meeting of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, which this year is taking place in Morocco - from November 29 to December 4.
	www.unesco.org /opi/eng/unescopress/99-268e.htm (513 words)

	The World Heritage Convention: What's It All About?
		A World Heritage Site is one that has been formally determined under procedures established through the World Heritage Convention as representing the most outstanding examples of the world’s natural and cultural heritage.
		Sites meeting the criteria are inscribed on the World Heritage List; at the end of 2005, the list contained 812 Sites in 137 countries, including 20 U.S. Sites.
		Sites can only be nominated by the country in which they are located and, in the United States, only with the concurrence of all private land owners (most U.S. sites are on Federal land).
	www.georgewright.org /whc.html (4032 words)

	The Hindu : Karnataka News : Hampi no more on list of endangered heritage sites
		Since its inclusion in the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in Danger in 1999, several missions of the U.N. body had visited the site and suggested corrective measures, Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni told the Rajya Sabha.
		Soni said Hampi was included in the list because of the construction of two bridges across the Tungabhadra river, which threatened the `integrity" of the site.
		The corrective measures implemented were reported to the World Heritage Committee, which considered the issue at its 30th session, held at at Vilnius.
	www.hindu.com /2006/08/02/stories/2006080206120400.htm (311 words)

	What are World Heritage Sites? : What are World Heritage Sites? : A World Heritage Site : Visit Stonehenge : Properties ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		World Heritage Sites are places of international importance for the conservation of mankind's cultural and natural heritage.
		The World Heritage Convention was established in 1972 by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation).
		To become a World Heritage Site, sites have to be nominated by governments to the World Heritage Committee, an intergovernmental body set up under the terms of the Convention.
	www.english-heritage.org.uk /server/show/nav.001001001009004001 (750 words)

	U.S. Assistance to World Heritage Sites - National Park Service - Office of International Affairs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The U.S. believes that a fundamental premise of the World Heritage Convention is international cooperation and assistance with the goal of conservation of these sites that are of outstanding universal value to humanity.
		DOI-ITAP worked to protect the indigenous peoples and the biological diversity of the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, which is on the List of World Heritage in Danger, through direct actions in the Reserve, and by helping the Government of Honduras to establish administrative controls throughout the Reserve.
		The Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation through Embassy Belgrade gave $30,600 in 20003 for the restoration and conservation of a section of the 6th century ramparts surrounding the fortress of Kotor that were badly damaged by a 1979 earthquake.
	www.nps.gov /oia/topics/worldheritage/whassistance.htm (1994 words)

	UN considers new additions to World Heritage List of outstanding sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		UNESCO’s World Heritage mission is to encourage countries to protect their natural and cultural heritage with management plans, technical assistance and professional training, and to provide emergency assistance for sites in immediate danger.
		Most natural ecosystems and heritage sites, both on land and in the sea, are endangered by climate change.
		The Committee requested the World Heritage Centre to prepare a policy document on the impact of climate change on World Heritage properties in consultation with experts, conservation practitioners, international organizations and civil society to be presented to the World Heritage Committee in 2008.
	www.un.org /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=19149&Cr=world&Cr1=heritage (474 words)

	News and Events :: Conservation News
		Born of concerns about the looting of archaeological sites and of the American Progressive Movement's belief in the betterment of society through active governmental involvement, the Antiquities Act of 1906 defined the study of archaeology as a scientific endeavor and resulted in the protection of 167 million acres of cultural and natural environments.
		Hampi, inscribed on the World Heritage list in 1984, has given its name to the ruins of the old capital of the kings of Vijayanagar whose empire extended over the breadth of India from the 14th to the 17th century.
		It is also an example of the successful implementation of the 1972 Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, of which India is a signatory, to ensure the protection, conservation, presentation and transmission to future generations of World Heritage sites.
	www.globalheritagefund.org /news/conservation_news/bridge_hampi.asp (695 words)

	Elbe Valley in Danger of Losing UNESCO Status \| Culture & Lifestyle \| Deutsche Welle \| 12.07.2006
		No site has ever been removed from the World Heritage List, which was established in 1972 and now numbers 812 natural and man-made sites around the world from the Giza pyramids in Egypt to the Great Wall of China.
		UNESCO has removed sites in Europe, Africa and Asia from its list of World Heritage sites that face man-made or natural threats, the United Nations cultural body said Monday.
		The Cologne Cathedral was one of the sites.
	www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,2144,2093905,00.html (699 words)

	Saving Places @ National Geographic Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In November 1972 the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) inaugurated the list by adopting a treaty known as the World Heritage Convention.
		World Heritage status commits the home nation to protect the designated location.
		Find out more about the World Heritage treaty, the nomination process, which sites are in danger, and how they are protected.
	magma.nationalgeographic.com /ngm/0210/feature3/index.html (598 words)

	Hampi ruins removed from UN danger list - India News
		Built between the 14th and 16th century, Hampi is among four world heritage sites removed from the danger list.
		Being put on the danger list is aimed at encouraging support for the sites and for its preservation.
		Ichkeul National Park was put on the danger list due to the increased salinity of its water.
	www.indiaenews.com /art-culture/20060711/14414.htm (571 words)

	World Heritage Sites safaris, lodges and wildlife tours
		It is a UNESCO world heritage site; its highly diverse ecosystems teem with African wildlife.
		It is a 200 km mountainous wonderland and a world heritage site.
		When a property on the World Heritage List is seriously threatened, it may be inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger, which entitles it to special attention and international assistance.
	www.ecoafrica.com /african/travel/WorldHeritageSites.html (981 words)

	Galapagos Marine Life/Planeta.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		During the round-table meeting in Gland, scientists from The World Conservation Union, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Charles Darwin Foundation underlined that unless fisheries are reoriented towards sustainable practices, Galapagos marine life would suffer irreversible damage, threatening in turn the tourist industry, a major source of hard currency for Ecuador.
		Ecuador has asked the UNESCO World Heritage Committee to consider the Galapagos Marine Resources Reserve a candidate for the World Heritage List, that comprises outstanding cultural and natural sites around the world, the "crown jewels" of our inheritance.
		A World Conservation Union technical team, with the support of scientists at the University of Guam and representatives of Ecuador's National Fisheries Institute (INP), found, in April 1993, that some populations of sea cucumbers had been completely fished out at certain locations.
	www.planeta.com /planeta/95/0595gala.html (504 words)

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