WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN DANGER
destroved or lost due to war, poaching, natural disasters like earthquakes, uncontrolled urbanization, heavy tourist
Like many natural
, historic and cultural sites around the world, many World Heritage Sites are in danger of being
traffic and environmental factors like air pollution and acid rain. World Heritage Sites that are in danger are
anscribed on a separate List of World Heritage Sites in Danger which allows the World Heritage Committee to
allocate resources from the World Heritage Fund to that site, in addition, different plans are put into place to
protect and/or restore the site.
A2. Fill in the web with reasons for world heritage sites in danger world heritage sites in danger
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The List of World Heritage in Danger is designed to inform the international community of conditions which threaten the very characteristics for which a property was inscribed on the World Heritage List, and to encourage corrective action. This section describes the List of World Heritage in Danger and gives examples of sites that are inscribed on the List.
Armed conflict and war, earthquakes and other natural disasters, pollution, poaching, uncontrolled urbanization and unchecked tourist development pose major problems to World Heritage sites. Dangers can be ‘ascertained’, referring to specific and proven imminent threats, or ‘potential’, when a property is faced with threats which could have negative effects on its World Heritage values.