10 Endangered Places To Visit Now
http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestravelguide/2012/11/12/10-endangered-places-to-visit-now/
According to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, the number of World Heritage sites?considered rich in cultural and natural heritage with outstanding universal value?that are in danger has increased the past five years. Our Startle.com editors ...
Qing Dynasty royal tombs go digital
http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2012-11/12/content_15917944.htm
The Royal Tombs project is included in the Scottish Ten Project, a five-year international 3D scanning project to digitally document Scotland's five World Heritage Sites, as well as five international sites. The Chinese project follows similar ones at ...
Heritage exhibition expected to draw youths
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/11/12/heritage-exhibition-expected-draw-youths.html
Six out of 10 Indonesian tangible and intangible heritage resources, recognized as world heritage sites and cultural masterpieces by UNESCO, are being promoted at Plaza Simpang Lima, Semarang, Central Java in an effort to encourage youths to ...
Puzzlement hits 10 historic Chinese towers' road to World Cultural Heritage
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90782/8014407.html
Ten local governments in China originally planned to file a joint application for the World Cultural Heritage status for 10 famous ancient towers within their jurisdiction, but had to put off the plan due to lack of consensus, according to information ...
World heritage goal for a wilderness wonderland
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/world-heritage-goal-for-a-wilderness-wonderland-20121107-28yjy.html
IT IS one of the world's largest remaining areas of pristine wilderness - refuge to endangered species and home to unspoilt rainforest, savannah and wetlands larger than Kakadu. For decades, it has been regarded as worthy of international protection ...
UNESCO conference on World Heritage 40th anniversary calls for community ...
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2012-11/09/content_15903547.htm
An international conference to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention ended Thursday in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto with a commitment to strengthen international cooperation to preserve World Heritage sites with local ...
Tribute to World War I's soldier-athletes
http://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/Tribute-to-World-War-I-s-solder-athletes-4024461.php
Kenya: Donkey races, dhow regattas and displays of Lamu Old Town's seven centuries of Swahili heritage are hallmarks of an annual event begun 11 years ago, when the Lamu Archipelago was named a World Heritage Site. This year's Lamu Cultural ...
Wadi El-Hitan, the realm of the Lizard King
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/57721/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Wadi-ElHitan,-the-realm-of-the-Lizard-King.aspx
As the World Heritage Committee put it: ?It exceeds the value of other comparable sites in the world in terms of the number, concentration and quality of its fossils, and their accessibility and setting in an attractive and protected landscape.? That ...
