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November 2010 Edition

Any of these places on your "bucket List" ? - better move

 them nearer to the top.

The world's most endangered cultural heritage sites?

The Global Heritage Fund has released a list of 12 "On the Verge" sites that are in danger of disappearing without "a critical call to action."

The list, made up of places in the developing world in which the per capita income is less than $5 a day, span the globe from Guatemala to Kenya. The list was compiled by 25 experts in conservation, international development and the private sector.

The top 12 were selected not only because of the imminent possibility that they might vanish altogether, but because they have the potential to become spots for sustainable tourism and could serve as an economic engine for the local community, according to the Global Heritage Report.

PHOTO GALLERY: See the endangered sites

The 12 sites are:
• Turkey's Ani, former capital of a medieval Armenian kingdom (shown above)
• Bangladesh's Mahasthangarh, an archaeological site dating to 300 B.C.
• Guatemala's El Mirador, a vast archaeological site said to contain 4,000 Mayan temples.
• Haiti's Palace of Sans Souci, the "Versailles of the Caribbean" built 1810-1813 as the royal residence of King Henri I
• India's Maluti Temples, a collection of one-of-a kind terra cotta temples
• Iraq's Nineveh, a major cultural center of the ancient world
• Kenya's Lamu, East Africa's oldest Swahili town
• North Cyprus' Famagusta, the maritime city of ancient kings
• Pakistan's Taxila, the crossroads of the ancient Indus civilization
• Palestine's Hisham's Palace, an 8th-century winter palace
• The Philippines' historic district of Intramuros and Fort Santiago in Manila
• Ukraine's Chersonesos, the Black Sea's largest classical archaeological site

Major threats to their survival include development pressures, unsustainable tourism, insufficient management, looting and war.

The Global Heritage Fund is a Silicon Valley-based non-profit group. The group annually selects one new project in the developing world and contributes money and manpower, working alongside locals to restore and preserve the site.

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