LIST OF ALL SITES IN WORLD - UNESCO World Heritage List
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...any of various areas or objects inscribed on the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List. The sites are
designated as having “outstanding universal value” under the Convention
Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. This
convention, which was adopted by UNESCO in 1972, provides a framework for
international cooperation in preserving and protecting cultural treasures and
natural areas throughout the world.
There are three types of sites: cultural, natural, and mixed. Cultural heritage
sites include hundreds of historic buildings andtown sites, important
archaeological sites, and works of monumental sculpture or painting. Natural
heritage sites are restricted to those natural areas that (1) furnish
outstanding examples of the Earth's record of life or its geologic processes,
(2) provide excellent examples of ongoing ecological and biological evolutionary
processes, (3) contain natural phenomenathat are rare, unique, superlative, or
of outstanding beauty, or (4) furnish habitats for rare or endangered animals or
plants or are sites of exceptional biodiversity. Mixed heritage sites contain
elements of both natural and cultural significance. The ratio of cultural to
natural sites on the World Heritage List is roughly 3 to 1, and several new
sites are added to the list each December.
World Heritage designations often boost local economies by encouraging tourism;
in addition, UNESCO funds numerous efforts to preserve and restore sites in
developing nations. Sites subject to unusual levels of pollution, natural
hazards, or other problems may be placed on the associated List of World
Heritage in Danger until improvements are made.
- Encyclopedia Britannica
LIST OF ALL SITES IN WORLD
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