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World Heritage site
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World Heritage site

Any of various areas or objects designated as having “outstanding universal value” under the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. This convention, adopted by UNESCO in 1972, provides for international cooperation in preserving and protecting cultural and natural treasures throughout the world. Each site on the list is under strict legal protection by the government of the nation in which it is situated. Among the cultural sites are many of the world's most famous buildings. The ratio of cultural to natural sites on the list is roughly three to one.
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Tapping into the global cultural heritage conservation system, Vietnam has been successful in having inscribed on the World Heritage List sites such as Hue, Hoi An, the Cham remains at My Son, and Ha Long Bay.
The cultural role of capital cities: Hanoi and Hue, Vietnam by Logan, William S. / Pacific Affairs
In July 2003, the cultural landscape and archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley in Afghanistan were simultaneously inscribed on both the World Heritage List and the List of the World Heritage in Danger.
The imperiled past: appreciating our cultural heritage by Cattan, Sarah / UN Chronicle
He is leading an effort to have the reef put on UNESCO's World Heritage List of properties considered to be of "outstanding universal value.
2001 Goldman Prize. (Awards) by Greene, Lindsey A. / Environmental Health Perspectives
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