The politics and logistics of UNESCO designation
The politics and logistics of UNESCO designation
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has deemed more than 950 historical sites around the world as having “outstanding universal value.” Designation as a UNESCO World Heritage site brings great prestige, but in some cases, it can actually make preservation efforts more challenging. Michael Di Giovine, author of The Heritage-scape: UNESCO, World Heritage, and Tourism, joins Worldview to explain why that’s the case. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Flickr/thegarethwiscombe).