The Statue of Liberty..Wadi Rum and other World Heritage sites threatened with disappearance due to the climate
Arabiaweather.com - Ismail Qasimi - It seems that natural disasters may deprive people of a large number of cultural monuments that have long been historical symbols full of different civilizations, as well as natural monuments that were considered among the wonders of the universe, but they may be in the news.
Aside from devastating disasters, there is a kind of slow attack that can be devastating in turn, which is climate change, according to a new United Nations report that warns of the destruction of world heritage sites if the planet continues to warm at current rates.
According to the report published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) last week in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Program and the Union of Concerned Scientists, an advocacy group for environmental issues based in the United States, there is a group of cultural and natural monuments threatened with disappearance due to climate change, which are sites included in the list UNESCO World Heritage.
The report included these tourist sites that are threatened with extinction due to climate change.
- Wadi Rum, Jordan.
Bwindi National Forest Park, Uganda.
Ilulissat Ice Fjords, Greenland.
Stonehenge ruins, UK.
- Rock Islands south of the lagoon, Palau Islands.
Sagarmatha National Park, Himalayas, Nepal.
Lake Malawi, Africa.
Rice terraces, Philippines.
Mesa Verde National Park, USA.
Rapa Nui National Park, Chile.
- Wadden Sea, Holland, Germany and Denmark.
Shiretoko, Japan.
Statue of Liberty, USA.
- the heart of Neolithic Orkney in Scotland.
Venice, Italy.
- Lakes of New Caledonia (islands in the Pacific Ocean), France.
Old Town Lunenburg, Canada.
Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
Ruins of the islands of Kilwa and Songo Mnara, Tanzania.
Huascaran National Park, Peru.
Hoi An old town, Vietnam.
Golden Tai Mountains, Russia.
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
Qadisha Valley and the Sacred Cedar Forests, Lebanon.
East Rennell Island, Solomon Islands.
City and port of Coro, Venezuela.
Yellowstone National Park, USA.
Port, forts and ruins of Cartagena, Colombia.
The old Ouaddan palaces, Mauritania.
Atlantic Forest Reserve, Brazil.
Cape Floral Reserve, South Africa.
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