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"Biodiversity and Protected Areas -- Protected Areas: World heritage sites, number in danger"

"Units: Number"

,,2007,
World
"World","",30,

,,2007,
Region/Classification
"Asia (excluding Middle East)","",4,
"Europe","",2,
"Middle East & North Africa","",8,
"South America","",4,
"Sub-Saharan Africa","",12,
"Developed Countries","",4,
"Developing Countries","",26,
"High Income Countries","",2,
"Low Income Countries","",17,
"Middle Income Countries","",11,

,,2007,
Country
"Afghanistan","AFG",2,
"Azerbaijan","AZE",1,
"Côte d'Ivoire {1}","CIV",2,
"Central African Rep","CAF",1,
"Chile","CHL",1,
"Congo, Dem Rep","COD",5,
"Ecuador","ECU",1,
"Egypt","EGY",1,
"Ethiopia","ETH",1,
"Germany","DEU",1,
"Guinea {2}","GIN",1,
"India","IND",1,
"Iran, Islamic Rep","IRN",1,
"Iraq","IRQ",2,
"Israel {3}","ISR",1,
"Niger","NER",1,
"Pakistan","PAK",1,
"Peru","PER",1,
"Philippines","PHL",1,
"Senegal","SEN",1,
"Serbia","SRB",1,
"Tanzania","TZA",1,
"Venezuela","VEN",1,
"Yemen","YEM",1,

Footnotes
"1 -- Côte d'Ivoire"
"A portion of Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve is located in Guinea."

"2 -- Guinea"
"A portion of Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve is located in Côte d'Ivoire."

"3 -- Israel"
"Refers to the Old City of Jerusalem, which, due to ongoing border disputes, may also be classified as part of Palestine."

Source
"World Heritage Committee, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). 2004. List of World Heritage Sites in Danger. Available on-line at: http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=86. Geneva: UNESCO."


Technical Notes
"Definition:"
"This dataset refers to the number of World Heritage sites that are considered to be in danger.  A site is considered to be in danger if, in accordance with Article 11 of the World Heritage Convention, the property is ""threatened by serious and specific dangers, such as the threat of disappearance caused by accelerated deterioration, large-scale public or private projects or rapid urban or tourist development projects; destruction caused by changes in the use or ownership of the land; major alterations due to unknown causes; abandonment for any reason whatsoever; the outbreak or the threat of an armed conflict; calamities and cataclysms; serious fires, earthquakes, landslides; volcanic eruptions; changes in water level, floods and tidal waves."""
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"World Heritage sites represent areas of ""outstanding universal value"" for their natural features, their cultural value, or for both natural and cultural values. Any party to the World Heritage Convention, adopted in 1972, may nominate sites. Parties to the Convention commit to the conservation of the listed sites. "
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"Years Covered and Frequency of Update:"
"The dataset shown here is from 2007 and was compiled by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for the World Heritage in Danger List.  The original source is available on-line at: http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=86.  The list is updated by UNESCO as the need arises."
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"Methodology:"
"This dataset shows only natural or natural/cultural sites. Natural sites contain examples of a major stage of the earth's evolutionary history; outstanding physical, biological, and "
"geological processes; a unique or superlative natural phenomenon, formation, or feature; a habitat for a threatened species; or areas of value on scientific or aesthetic grounds, or from the point of view of conservation. "
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"Cultural sites contain monuments, group of buildings or sites of historical, aesthetic, archaeological, scientific, ethnological, or anthropological value. Several countries share World Heritage Sites. These sites, referred to as International Heritage Sites, are counted only once in continental and world totals, although they are tallied in each country that share that site. For example a site shared between Argentina and Brazil, will be listed under the country total for both Argentina and Brazil. "
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"Some World Heritage sites simultaneously encompass areas protected under other systems (such as national parks or nature reserves) and other internationally recognized sites (such as Ramsar sites or Biosphere Reserves). "
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"For a complete list of the sites that are considered to be in danger as well as year that the site was added to the list, please refer to the original source for further information. "
"Data Reliability:"
"The World Heritage in Danger List is updated by UNESCO as sites are added to or removed from the list, thus the data presented here are reliable."