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On Monday, UNESCO recommended Venice be added to its list of world heritage sites in danger, citing climate change and overtourism.

China vows greater effort in heritage preservation By WANG KAIHAO in Fuzhou | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-07-19 07:55 Share CLOSE Guests attending the 44th session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee plant trees in a historical neighborhood in Fuzhou, Fujian province, on Saturday. [Photo/China News Service] China will take on stronger international responsibilities to support the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in building up developing countries' world heritage capacity, according to the extended 44t...

UNESCO chides Australia over Great Barrier Reef proposal July 18, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 6 1of6FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2017, file photo shows the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. The Chinese host of this year's meeting of the U.N, World Heritage Committee defended on Sunday, July 18, 2021, the body's proposal to label the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger” against Australian government suspicion that China influenced the finding for political reasons.(Kyodo News via AP, File)APShow MoreShow Less 2of6In this image taken from video footage run by UNESCO via AP Video, Vice Minis...

Share on Twitter Despite opposition in Australia, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee is pushing ahead with plans to classify the Great Barrier Reef as an endangered natural site. The draft decision is a proposal to place the site on the list of endangered world heritage, the committee's director Mechtild Roessler said during the 44th session of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in the Chinese city of Fuzhou. The proposal would be on the agenda on Friday, she said. The director and the president of the 44th session, China's Vice Minister...

It may be now or never for Venice, whose fragile city and lagoon environment alike are protected as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Citing overtourism, UNESCO took the rare step this week of recommending Venice be placed on its list of World Heritage in Danger sites. A decision is expected next month. After a 15-month pause in mass international travel, Venetians are contemplating how to welcome visitors back to its picture-postcard canals and Byzantine backdrops without suffering the past indignities of crowds clogging narrow alleyways, day-trippers picnicking on stoops, and selfie-takers crow...