Climate change has potential to harm World Heritage Sites
Climate changes are impacting on all aspects of the human and natural systems, including both cultural and natural World Heritage properties.
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“Protecting and ensuring the sustainable management of these sites has therefore become an intergovernmental priority of the highest order,” said UNESCO’s Director-General, Koïchiro Matsuura, in a message that was delivered at the Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Nairobi, Kenya.
Read the Director-General's message
Natural Sites Under Pressure
The UNESCO Courier, October 2005.
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Photo: The snow cover on the Himalayas has been reduced by 30% in 30 years
© UNESCO/J.M. Gassend
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