List of World Heritage in Danger

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UNESCO list heritage register

The List of World Heritage in Danger is an official register maintained by UNESCO that identifies World Heritage Sites threatened by serious and specific dangers such as conflict, natural disasters, neglect, or development pressures.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
World Heritage in Danger	37
List of World Heritage in Danger canonical	13
UNESCO World Heritage in Danger	7
UNESCO List of World Heritage in Danger	2
World Heritage in Danger (UNESCO)	1
World Heritage in Danger (historically considered at risk)	1
World Heritage in Danger (not listed as such)	1
World Heritage in Danger (past)	1
World Heritage in Danger candidate region	1
World Heritage in Danger component	1
World Heritage properties in Danger	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T66791 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: List of World Heritage in Danger
Context triple: [UNESCO World Heritage Site, mayBePlacedOn, List of World Heritage in Danger]

A. UNESCO World Heritage Site
A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a landmark or area recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as having outstanding universal value to humanity and deserving legal protection and conservation.
B. The Endangered Earth
The Endangered Earth is the collective representation of the planet’s environmental crisis, recognized by Time as a symbolic “Person of the Year” to highlight global ecological threats and the urgency of conservation.
C. International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia
The International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia was a UNESCO-led global effort in the 1960s to document, dismantle, and relocate ancient Nubian temples and archaeological sites threatened by flooding from the Aswan High Dam.
D. UNESCO
UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes international cooperation in education, science, culture, and communication to foster peace and sustainable development.
E. The Crossroads of the World
The Crossroads of the World is a famous nickname for New York City's Times Square, a major commercial and entertainment hub renowned for its bright billboards, Broadway theaters, and bustling pedestrian traffic.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: List of World Heritage in Danger
Target entity description: The List of World Heritage in Danger is an official register maintained by UNESCO that identifies World Heritage Sites threatened by serious and specific dangers such as conflict, natural disasters, neglect, or development pressures.

A. UNESCO World Heritage Site
A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a landmark or area recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as having outstanding universal value to humanity and deserving legal protection and conservation.
B. The Endangered Earth
The Endangered Earth is the collective representation of the planet’s environmental crisis, recognized by Time as a symbolic “Person of the Year” to highlight global ecological threats and the urgency of conservation.
C. International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia
The International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia was a UNESCO-led global effort in the 1960s to document, dismantle, and relocate ancient Nubian temples and archaeological sites threatened by flooding from the Aswan High Dam.
D. UNESCO
UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes international cooperation in education, science, culture, and communication to foster peace and sustainable development.
E. The Crossroads of the World
The Crossroads of the World is a famous nickname for New York City's Times Square, a major commercial and entertainment hub renowned for its bright billboards, Broadway theaters, and bustling pedestrian traffic.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO list ⓘ heritage register ⓘ
appliesTo	World Heritage Site ⓘ
criterion	serious and specific danger ⓘ
dangerType	armed conflict ⓘ civil unrest ⓘ climate change impacts ⓘ dam construction ⓘ deforestation ⓘ earthquake ⓘ environmental degradation ⓘ flood ⓘ hurricane ⓘ illegal construction ⓘ illegal excavation ⓘ industrial activities ⓘ infrastructure development pressures ⓘ lack of conservation ⓘ large-scale infrastructure projects ⓘ looting ⓘ mining ⓘ natural disaster ⓘ neglect ⓘ oil and gas exploration ⓘ overexploitation of natural resources ⓘ poaching ⓘ pollution ⓘ road construction ⓘ terrorism ⓘ tourism pressure ⓘ uncontrolled urban development ⓘ unregulated tourism facilities ⓘ volcanic eruption ⓘ war ⓘ
establishedBy	World Heritage Committee ⓘ
hasEffect	can influence national conservation policies ⓘ can lead to adoption of corrective measures ⓘ can lead to increased monitoring of sites ⓘ can trigger international assistance ⓘ
hasLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
hasPurpose	encourage corrective measures for at-risk World Heritage Sites ⓘ identify World Heritage Sites facing serious and specific dangers ⓘ inform the international community about threats to World Heritage Sites ⓘ mobilize international support for threatened World Heritage Sites ⓘ
isUpdatedBy	decisions of the World Heritage Committee ⓘ
legalBasis	Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage ⓘ linked to: UNESCO World Heritage Convention World Heritage Convention ⓘ linked to: UNESCO World Heritage Convention
maintainedBy	UNESCO ⓘ World Heritage Committee ⓘ
partOf	World Heritage Convention framework ⓘ linked to: UNESCO World Heritage Convention
relatedList	World Heritage List ⓘ linked to: UNESCO World Heritage Site
updateEvent	sessions of the World Heritage Committee ⓘ
updateFrequency	annually ⓘ
website	https://whc.unesco.org/en/danger ⓘ

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