2000 World Monuments Watch
The World Monuments Watch is a flagship advocacy program of the New York–based private non-profit organization World Monuments Fund (WMF) and American Express to call upon every government in the world, preservation organizations, and other groups and individuals to nominate sites and monuments that are particularly endangered. At the same time, the nominators commit themselves to participate in a carefully planned preservation project.[1]
Selection process
[edit ]Every two years, the program publishes a select list known as the Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites that is in urgent need of preservation funding and protection. The sites are chosen from these nominations by an independent panel of international experts, based on the significance of the site, the urgency of the problem, and the viability of the proposal for action.[1] WMF would then publicize their plight and help find the resources and expertise to carry out the preservation projects for the 100 sites on the Watch List.[1] The leverage from the listing also spurs government agencies and local donors to allocate funds and take an active role in protecting the cultural landmark,[2] in addition to grants directly coming from WMF and American Express.
2000 Watch List
[edit ]The 2000 World Monuments Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites was launched on 14 September 1999 by WMF President Bonnie Burnham.[2] [3]
[World Monuments] Watch is a bold challenge to local and national authorities to step up to their responsibilities—and an appeal to the public to take immediate action—to save these irreplaceable sites that define the history and the humanity of the peoples of the world[...] Once these sites are lost, they are gone forever. They are the very definition of the word irreplaceable.
— Bonnie Burnham, WMF president, launch of 2000 Watch List[1]
List by country/territory
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Statistics by country/territory
[edit ]The following countries/territories have multiple sites entered on the 2000 Watch List, listed by the number of sites:
| Number of sites | Country/Territory |
|---|---|
| 7 | Russia |
| 5 | India, Mexico and United States of America |
| 4 | China, Italy and Turkey |
| 3 | Cuba, Egypt and Peru |
| 2 | Brazil, Georgia, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Nepal, Ukraine, United Kingdom and Vietnam |
Notes
[edit ]^ A. Numbers list only meant as a guide on this article. No official reference numbers have been designated for the sites on the Watch List.
^ B. Names and spellings used for the sites were based on the official 2000 Watch List as published.
^ C. The references to the sites' locations and periods of construction were based on the official Watch List as published.
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d James Wiseman (November–December 1999). "Insight: The World's Most Endangered Sites" . Retrieved 8 September 2009.
- ^ a b "Palpung named to list of endangered monuments". World Monuments Fund. September 1997. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
- ^ "1998 World Monuments Watch" (PDF). World Monuments Fund. Retrieved 8 September 2009. [dead link ]
- ^ "Tipasa". World Heritage Center. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
- ^ "United States Holocaust Memorial Museum – Rhodes, Greece". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Archived from the original on 27 May 2005.
- ^ a b c "World Monuments Watch". World Monuments Fund. Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
- ^ "Merv". Archived from the original on 14 July 2007.
- ^ "The History of Gorton Monastery". gortonmonastery.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
- ^ "My Son Sanctuary". World Heritage Center. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
- ^ "Khami Ruins National Monument". World Heritage Center. Retrieved 8 September 2009.