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      <title>UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Danger - B Track by Heather Austin</title>
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      <description>Explore these sites before it&#39;s too late!</description>
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         <title>Minaret of Jam, Dżam، アフガニスタン</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3193869669</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site: </strong>Minaret of Jam</p><p><strong>What it is: </strong>They are the products of the Ghurid civilization. The 65-meter-high minaret has decoration from the Qur'an.</p><p><strong>Location: </strong>Afghanistan</p><p><strong>Type of site: </strong>Cultural</p><p><strong>Date of Inscription: </strong>2002</p><p><strong>Criteria it meets: </strong>2,3, and 4</p><p><strong>Why in danger: </strong>Lack of protection</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-10-30 05:42:12 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Bosra, シリア</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3193873848</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site: Ancient City of Bosra</strong></p><p><strong>What it is: a town of black basalt and dust</strong></p><p><strong>Location: Southern Syria</strong></p><p><strong>Type of site: City</strong></p><p><strong>Date of Inscription: 1980</strong></p><p><strong>Criteria it meets: 1. 3. 6</strong></p><p><strong>Why in danger: Civil War</strong></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-10-30 05:45:21 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Abu Menaa Bahari, Dishna, エジプト</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3193875457</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site: </strong>Abu Menna</p><p><strong>What it is: </strong>The archeological site of an early   Christian pilgrimage center</p><p><strong>Location:</strong> Egypt</p><p><strong>Type of site: </strong>Cultural</p><p><strong>Date of Inscription: </strong>1979</p><p><strong>Criteria it meets:</strong> 4</p><p><strong>Why in danger: </strong>Its condition is very poor, expect to see “flooded crypts with sludge and trash inside"</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-10-30 05:46:34 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Shibam, Yemen</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3193875958</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site: </strong>Old Walled City of Shibam</p><p><strong>What it is: </strong>The 16th-centry city of Shibam</p><p><strong>Location: </strong>Shibam, Yemen</p><p><strong>Type of site: </strong>Cultural</p><p><strong>Date of Inscription: </strong>1982</p><p><strong>Criteria it meets: </strong>3,4,5</p><p><strong>Why in danger: </strong>Abandonment of the old agricultural flood management system in the wadi, the overloading of the traditional sanitary systems by the introduction of modern water supply combined with inadequate drainage</p><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-10-30 05:46:56 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Atsinanana, マダガスカル</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3193878986</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site: Rainforests of the Atsinanana</strong></p><p><strong>What it is: The remaining forests in which Madagascar's unique biodiversity survives</strong></p><p><strong>Location: Madagascar</strong></p><p><strong>Type of site: 2007</strong></p><p><strong>Date of Inscription: 2007</strong></p><p><strong>Criteria it meets: 9 and 10</strong></p><p><strong>Why in danger: "The Committee noted that despite a decree outlawing the exploitation and export of rosewood and ebony, Madagascar continues to provide export permits for illegally logged timber." (Unesco)</strong></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-10-30 05:49:04 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Mali</title>
         <author>llangelwingsll</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3193997467</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site:</strong> Tomb of Askia</p><p><strong>What it is:</strong> It is a tomb made of mud. It includes the pyramidal tomb, two mosques, a cemetery, and an assembly ground.</p><p><strong>Location:</strong> Mali</p><p><strong>Type of site:</strong> Cultural</p><p><strong>Date of Inscription:</strong> 2004</p><p><strong>Criteria it meets:</strong> 2, 3, and 4</p><p><strong>Why in danger:</strong> threatened by armed conflict &amp; to prevent trafficking in cultural objects from the site</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-10-30 07:20:12 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Potosi, ボリビア</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3194027091</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site: </strong>City of Potosi</p><p><strong>What it is: </strong>In the 16th century, this area was regarded as the world’s largest industrial complex.</p><p><strong>Location: </strong>Bolivia</p><p><strong>Type of site: </strong>Cultural</p><p><strong>Date of Inscription: </strong>1987</p><p><strong>Criteria it meets: </strong>2,4,6</p><p><strong>Why in danger: </strong>uncontrolled mining operations, instability, and risk of collapse of the Cerro Rico</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-10-30 07:39:39 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Rachid Karami International Fair, Tripoli, レバノン</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3194027178</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site:</strong> Rachid Karami International Fair-Tripoli</p><p><strong>What it is:</strong> A large-scale modernist exhibition complex.</p><p><strong>Location: </strong>Lebanon</p><p><strong>Type of site: </strong>Cultual</p><p><strong>Date of Inscription: </strong>2023</p><p><strong>Criteria it meets: </strong>2, 4</p><p><strong>Why in danger: </strong>Due to lack of financial resources of the State Party and critical conservation conditions.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-10-30 07:39:45 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Roșia Montană</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3194028182</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site: </strong>Roșia Montană Mining Landscape</p><p><strong>What it is: </strong>Roman underground gold mining.</p><p><strong>Location: Romania</strong></p><p><strong>Type of site: </strong>Cultural</p><p><strong>Date of Inscription: 2021</strong></p><p><strong>Criteria it meets: 2,3 and 4</strong></p><p><strong>Why in danger:</strong>Upon inscription, due to unsure mining future</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-10-30 07:40:27 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Florida</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3194802506</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site: </strong>Everglades National Park</p><p><strong>What it is: </strong>It is the largest continuous sawgrass in North America, largest mangrove ecosystem in Western Hemisphere</p><p><strong>Location: </strong>Florida, the USA</p><p><strong>Type of site: </strong>Natural</p><p><strong>Date of Inscription: </strong>1979</p><p><strong>Criteria it meets: </strong>8, 9, 10</p><p><strong>Why in danger:</strong> Due to serious and continuous degration of its aquatic ecosystem</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-10-30 16:51:14 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Syria</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3197501366</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site: </strong>Ancient City of Damascus</p><p><strong>What it is: </strong>One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities and an important city in Islamic history and culture as the capital of the Umayyad caliphate.</p><p><strong>Location: </strong>Syria</p><p><strong>Type of site: </strong>Cultural</p><p><strong>Date of Inscription: </strong>1979</p><p><strong>Criteria it meets: </strong>1.2.3.4 and 6</p><p><strong>Why in danger: </strong>Together with all 5 other Syrian WHS, due to Civil War</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-11-01 09:11:14 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3198538753</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site: Selous Game Reserve</strong></p><p><strong>What it is:</strong> The Selous Game Reserve is a largely undisturbed wilderness that holds one of the largest fauna reserves in the world.</p><p><strong>Location: Tanzania</strong></p><p><strong>Type of site: Natural</strong></p><p><strong>Date of Inscription: 1982</strong></p><p><strong>Criteria it meets: 9,10</strong></p><p><strong>Why in danger:</strong> Due to poaching</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-11-02 15:03:44 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Lake Turkana</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3199781025</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site: </strong>Lake Turkana National Parks</p><p><strong>What it is: </strong>It provides an important stopping point for migratory birds and holds fossil and geological records that have brought an understanding of its paleo-environment.</p><p><strong>Location: Kenya</strong></p><p><strong>Type of site: </strong>Natural</p><p><strong>Date of Inscription: 1997</strong></p><p><strong>Criteria it meets: 8,10</strong></p><p><strong>Why in danger: </strong>Threats come from Dam in Ethiopia (already complete), plus sugar developments and the LAPSSETT project</p><p>Nazuna</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-11-04 04:25:31 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Austria</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3199782988</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site:&nbsp;</strong>Vienna</p><p><strong>What it is:&nbsp;</strong>A city in Austria where famous musicians such as Mozart used to be active</p><p><strong>Location:&nbsp;</strong>Austria</p><p><strong>Type of site:&nbsp;</strong>Cultural</p><p><strong>Date of Inscription:</strong>&nbsp;2001</p><p><strong>Criteria it meets:&nbsp;</strong>2,4,6</p><p><strong>Why in danger: </strong>High-rise projects</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-11-04 04:27:12 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>East Rennell, ソロモン諸島</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3199787103</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site: East Rennell</strong></p><p><strong>What it is: It is important for the science of island biography being a stepping stone</strong></p><p><strong>Location: Between Papua New Guinea and Pacific Island</strong></p><p><strong>Type of site: nature</strong></p><p><strong>Date of Inscription: 1998</strong></p><p><strong>Criteria it meets: natural criterion (ii)</strong></p><p><strong>Why in danger: Due to logging</strong></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-11-04 04:30:39 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Coro, Falcón, Venezuela</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3199788106</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site: Coro and itys port</strong></p><p><strong>What it is:</strong>Coro and its Port comprise an urban colonial landscape renowned for its earthen architecture that is unique in the Caribbean.</p><p><strong>Location:Venezuela</strong></p><p><strong>Type of site:Cultural</strong></p><p><strong>Date of Inscription:1993</strong></p><p><strong>Criteria it meets:4.5</strong></p><p><strong>Why in danger:</strong>Deep concern over gradual and considerable deterioration in the state of conservation</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Chan Chan Archaeological Zone, ウアンチャコ Perú</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3199789756</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site: </strong>Chan Chan Archaeological Zone</p><p><strong>What it is:</strong> Cover the remains of the largest earthen city of pre-Columbian America and bears testimony to the Chimú Empire.</p><p><strong>Location: </strong>Peru</p><p><strong>Type of site: </strong>Cultural</p><p><strong>Date of Inscription: </strong>1986</p><p><strong>Criteria it meets: </strong>1,3</p><p><strong>Why in danger: </strong>Conservation, restoration and management measures to be taken. Control the plundering of the site</p><p><br></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-11-04 04:32:50 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Hebron</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3199793481</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Name of site: Hebron</p><p>What is it: Urban landscape</p><p>Location:State of Palestine</p><p>Types of site:Cultural</p><p>Date of insscription: 2017</p><p>Criteria it meets: 2,46</p><p>Why in danger: emergency basis</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3199795753</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of Site: </strong>Medieval Monuments in Kosovo</p><p><strong>What It is:</strong> The four edifices of the site reflect the high points of the Byzantine-Romanesque ecclesiastical culture</p><p><strong>Location:</strong> Serbia</p><p><strong>Date of Inscription: </strong>2004</p><p><strong>Criteria It Meets:</strong> 1,3,4</p><p><strong>Why in Danger: </strong>Difficulties to monitor the property due to political instability, post-conflict situation</p><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-11-04 04:37:28 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Ódessa, オデッサ ウクライナ</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3199796189</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site: </strong>The Historic Centre of Odesa</p><p><strong>What it is: </strong>A densely built-up area</p><p><strong>Location: </strong>Ukraine</p><p><strong>Type of site: </strong>Cultural</p><p><strong>Date of Inscription:</strong> 2023</p><p><strong>Criteria it meets: </strong>2 and 4</p><p><strong>Why in danger: </strong>Directly in Danger.</p><p> (They are going to get rid of / rename everything that has to do with Russia in the city, most notably things related to Catherine the Great, who is credited with founding the current city, and Pushkin)</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Panamá</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3199819235</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site: Portbelo San Lorenzo</strong></p><p><strong>What it is: Spanish fortifications on the Caribbean coast of Panama</strong></p><p><strong>Location: Portobelo Panama and San Lorenzo Panama</strong></p><p><strong>Type of site: Cultural</strong></p><p><strong>Date of Inscription: 1980</strong></p><p><strong>Criteria it meets: 1 and 4</strong></p><p><strong>Why in danger: Environmental factors, lack of a maintenance program and polluted water has led to the deterioration of the site.</strong></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-11-04 04:53:51 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Hatra, Iraq</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3199931683</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site: </strong>Hatra</p><p><strong>What it is: </strong>A ruined city that can be considered the symbol of Parthian power which for a long time threatened that of Rome</p><p><strong>Location: </strong>Iraq</p><p><strong>Type of site: </strong>Cultural</p><p><strong>Date of Inscription: </strong>1985</p><p><strong>Criteria it meets: </strong>2, 3, 4, and 6</p><p><strong>Why in danger: </strong>Due to intentional destruction by ISIS</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-11-04 06:17:54 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Historic Town of Zabid</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3199935240</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site</strong>: Historic Town of Zabid</p><p><strong>What it is</strong>: Domestic and military architecture. Islamic university that attracted from far.</p><p><strong>Location</strong>: Yemen</p><p><strong>Type of site</strong>: Cultural</p><p><strong>Date of Inscription</strong>: 1993</p><p><strong>Criteria it meets</strong>: 2, 4  and 6</p><p><strong>Why in danger</strong>: Terrible condition of the historic buildings. A lack of preservation (Deliberate destruction).</p><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-11-04 06:20:25 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Timbuktu, Mali</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3199942793</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site: Timbuktu</strong></p><p><strong>What it is: Important and major place of commerce, spirit and culture on the southern trans-Saharan trading route.</strong></p><p><strong>Location: Mali</strong></p><p><strong>Type of site: Cultural</strong></p><p><strong>Date of Inscription: 1988</strong></p><p><strong>Criteria it meets: 2, 4, 5</strong></p><p><strong>Why in danger: Threatened by armed conflict &amp; to prevent trafficking in cultural objects from there</strong></p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site: </strong>Ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib</p><p><strong>What it is: </strong>It flourished from the 8th century BCE to the 3rd century CE and has seven archaeological sites. The kingdom controlled the Arabian Peninsula which is incense routs. The kingdom's irrigation system reflected hydrological engineering and agriculture in ancient south Arabia.</p><p><strong>Location: </strong>Yemen</p><p><strong>Type of site: </strong>cultural</p><p><strong>Date of Inscription: </strong>2023</p><p><strong>Criteria it meets: </strong>3,4</p><p><strong>Why in danger: </strong>Vandalism, looting</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-11-04 06:27:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site:</strong></p><p>Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra</p><p><strong>What it is:</strong></p><p>The Saint Sophia Cathedral (1037) is famous for its interior with the Byzantine frescoes and mosaics. The Kyiv-Pechersk Larva, which has been developed in the style of the Ukrainian Baroque, is a monastery which is celebrated for its underground churches and catacombs.</p><p><strong>Location:</strong></p><p>Kyiv, Ukraine</p><p><strong>Type of site:</strong></p><p>Cultural</p><p><strong>Date of Inscription:</strong></p><p>1990</p><p><strong>Criteria it meets:</strong></p><p>1,2,3,4</p><p><strong>Why in danger:</strong></p><p>As a result of the war in Ukraine, optimal conditions are no longer met to fully guarantee the protection of the OUV</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-11-04 06:32:11 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Air And Tenere National Nature Reserve, ニジェール</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3199954151</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site: Air and Téneré Natural Reserves</strong></p><p><strong>What it is: A large protected area that includes the Saharan desert of Ténéré and the volcanic massif of the Aïr Mountains</strong></p><p><strong>Location: Niger</strong></p><p><strong>Type of site: Natural</strong></p><p><strong>Date of Inscription: 1991</strong></p><p><strong>Criteria it meets: 7, 9, 10</strong></p><p><strong>Why in danger: civil disturbance</strong></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-11-04 06:35:04 UTC</pubDate>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3199955561</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site: </strong>Historic Centre of Shakhrisyahz</p><p><strong>What it is: </strong>The area including the Kesh</p><p><strong>Location: </strong>Uzbekistan</p><p><strong>Type of site: </strong>Cartural</p><p><strong>Date of Inscription: </strong>2000</p><p><strong>Criteria it meets: </strong>3 and 4</p><p><strong>Why in danger: </strong>the demolition of traditional housing areas</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-11-04 06:36:15 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>The site of Palmyra</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3199959634</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site: </strong>Palmyra</p><p><strong>What it is: </strong>The ruins of a wealthy caravan oasis</p><p><strong>Location: </strong>Syria</p><p><strong>Type of site: </strong>Cultural</p><p><strong>Date of Inscription: </strong>1980</p><p><strong>Criteria it meets: </strong>1,2, and 4</p><p><strong>Why in danger: </strong>It destroyed or damaged by Earthquake and War since WWⅡ</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-11-04 06:39:44 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Taratak Bancah, Silungkang, Sawahlunto, West Sumatra, インドネシア</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3199964649</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Name of Site: Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra</p><p>What it is: The 2.5 million hectare Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra site comprises three national parks: Gunung Leuser National Park, Kerinci Seblat National Park and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park.</p><p>Location: on Bukit Barisan range and holds the greatest potential for long-term conservation of the diverse biota of Sumatra</p><p>Type of site: Natural</p><p>Date of Inscription: 2024</p><p>Criteria it meets: The site holds the greatest potential for long-term conservation of the distinctive and diverse biota of Sumatra. It also provides biogeographic evidence of the evolution of the island.</p><p>Why in danger: Deliberated destruction</p><p>Road access facilitates illegal logging, encroachment and poaching which all pose significant threats to the integrity of the component parks of the property.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-11-04 06:43:32 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Gulf of California</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/llangelwingsll/WHSBTrack/wish/3203531933</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Name of site: </strong>Gulf of California</p><p><strong>What it is:</strong><em> 244 islands and coastal areas in the Gulf of California, northernstern Mexico</em></p><p><strong>Location: </strong>Mexico</p><p><strong>Type of site: </strong>Natual heritage site</p><p><strong>Date of Inscription: </strong>2005</p><p><strong>Criteria it meets: </strong>7,9 and 10</p><p><strong>Why in danger: </strong>Due to the overfishing, pollution and torism the islands and protected areas of the Gulf of California are in danger. These issues harm the plans, animals, and the environment.</p><p><br></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-11-06 02:09:41 UTC</pubDate>
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