[MSN] UNESCO Urges Governments to Protect Heritage Sites from Global Warming.

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UNESCO Urges Governments to Protect Heritage Sites from Global Warming 
By VOA News 
11 July 2006
  
The U.N. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization is urging
governments to protect World Heritage Sites - including Mount Everest and
Venice - from global warming.

At a conference in Lithuania Monday, UNESCO said the outstanding universal
value and integrity of these places must be protected from the adverse
effects of climate change. 

The list of at-risk sites includes glaciers in Alaska, Canada, and
Greenland; barrier reefs along the coasts of Australia and Belize; and
Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro.

Also Monday, UNESCO removed four sites from its Danger List, citing improved
conditions for their survival - the 13th century cathedral in Cologne,
Germany; Senegal's Djoudj Bird Sanctuary; the Group of Monuments in Hampi,
India; and Ichkeul National Park in Tunisia.