UNESCO, officially known as the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, established the World Heritage Convention in 1972. The purpose of UNESCO is to identify and manage World Heritage Sites, which includes preventing their destruction. In the more than 50 years since its creation, UNESCO has placed nearly 1,200 locations on this important list.
With the recent additions to the List of World Heritage in Danger, this means that nearly 1 in 20 World Heritage Sites face peril that could severely impact, if not entirely destroy, important parts of human history and culture. UNESCO is hopeful that by publicizing the list of places in danger that it won’t only increase public awareness of the problems but also ultimately work with governments from around the world to foment the changes necessary to give these places protections before it’s too late.
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