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UNESCO World Heritage Sites

The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Venice and its lagoon is one of the most endangered World Heritage Sites in the Mediterranean region, due to storm surges and coastal erosion. In the course of this century, the ongoing rise in sea levels will further aggravate this danger.
Environment

Rising Sea Levels Are a Threat to World Heritage Sites

New research finds that rising sea levels due to climate change will put dozens of World Heritage Sites in the Mediterranean region at increased risk of flooding and erosion—threats many of the sites are already facing.

By Mike Gaworecki
Stonehenge, built between 3,000 B.C.E. and 1,600 B.C.E., attracts around 900,000 visitors a year, with 70 percent of those from overseas.
Environment

How the World Heritage Convention Could Save More Wilderness

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has released a study showing that 1.8 percent of wilderness areas are covered under World Heritage protection—and how much more can be done.

By Morgan Erickson-Davis
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Social Justice

Back to Mali: A Country Suffers From the Single Story of Danger

Where tourist sites meet travel warnings.

By Juliet Sorensen
Social Justice

U.S. Revisits Its World Heritage Roots

After years of ambivalence, the United States is trying to reconnect with its past as the leader of a global effort to save the treasures of the planet, from the Statue of Liberty and Yosemite National Park to the pyramids of Egypt and the East African Serengeti.

By Melinda Burns