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 ...

Unesco takes into account the ascertained and potential danger of sites and decides whether to add them to the list. If added, the World Heritage Committee can "allocate immediate assistance from ...

Under the World Heritage Convention, a site may be listed as “in danger” if development projects or major public works threaten the natural values the site was designated to protect. According to ...

Built in the 11th century, the imposing structure became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1988. But now, nearly four decades ...

Local and international experts are filling a government void, and have begun the process of mapping and assessing sites ...

World Heritage Sites could and should play a more active role in promoting a vision of global peace, heritage experts at Newcastle University say.

There are 1,223 UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the globe, from the Great Pyramids of Giza to Easter Island to ...

Syrians are once again picnicking and smoking shisha amid the ruins of ancient Palmyra, once desecrated by jihadists but ...