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5/02/2014

Topic Reading-Vol.751-5/2/2014

Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Five endangered sites worth saving
The Global Heritage Fund There is a fund that tries to protect significant and endangered cultural heritage sites, especially the ones in developing world. On World Heritage Day, April 18th this year, the fund issued an annual list of five most endangered cultural sites to mark the day and draw attention to its activity.
Aren’t those cultural heritage sites supposed to be preserved? Not always. Actually, once the value of those sites are recognized and known to outside of the sites, they draw attentions that could work positively and negatively. Modernization, tourism and looting are among the most threatening causes to endanger historical and cultural sites, especially in developing countries where people are striving to live daily.
Enjoy reading and learning about the historically and culturally significant sites that were once created by ancient people but now are endangered by their descendants.

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/17/travel/world-heritage-day-endangered-sites/index.html?hpt=hp_c4

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