The World Monuments Watch is a flagship advocacy program of the New York–based private non-profit organization World Monuments Fund (WMF) that calls international attention to cultural heritage around the world that is threatened by neglect, vandalism, conflict, or disaster.
Selection process Every two years, it publishes a select list known as the Watch List of Endangered Sites that are in urgent need of preservation funding and protection. The sites are nominated by governments, conservation professionals, site caretakers, non-government organizations (NGOs), concerned individuals, and others working in the field. An independent panel of international experts then select 100 candidates from these entries to be part of the Watch List, based on the significance of the sites, the urgency of the threat, and the viability of both advocacy and conservation solutions. For the succeeding two-year period until a new Watch List is published, these 100 sites can avail grants and funds from the WMF, as well as from other foundations, private donors, and corporations by capitalizing on the publicity and attention gained from the inclusion on the Watch List.
2020 Watch List The 2020 Watch List call for nomination was announced in January 2019 with the deadline in March 2019. More than 250 nominees were submitted. Twenty five sites were selected to be included in the list. Site Image Location Koutammakou, Land of the Batammariba Benin and Togo Ontario Place Ontario, Canada Easter Island (Rapa Nui)—Orongo Easter Island, Chile Alexan Palace Asyut, Egypt Notre-Dame of Paris Paris, France Bennerley Viaduct Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, England Tusheti National Park Georgia Gingerbread Neighborhood Port-au-Prince, Haiti Historic Water Systems of the Deccan Plateau Karnataka and Maharashtra, India Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium Ahmedabad, India Mam Rashan Shrine Mount Sinjar, Iraq Inari-yu bathhouse Kita, Tokyo, Japan Iwamatsu District Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, Japan Canal Nacional Mexico City, Mexico Traditional Burmese Teak Farmhouses Myanmar Choijin Lama Temple Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Chivas and Chaityas of the Kathmandu Valley Kathmandu Valley, Nepal Anarkali Bazaar Lahore, Pakistan Sacred Valley of the Incas Cusco Region, Peru Kindler Chapel, Pabianice Evangelical Cemetery Łódź Voivodeship, Poland Courtyard Houses of Axerquía Córdoba, Spain Bears Ears National Monument Utah, United States Central Aguirre Historic District Aguirre, Puerto Rico, United States San Antonio Woolworth Building San Antonio, Texas, United States Traditional Houses in the Old Jewish Mahalla of Bukhara Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Notes
A. Names and spellings used for the sites were based on the official 2020 Watch List as published. B. The references to the sites' locations and periods of construction were based on the official 2020 Watch List as published.
References
External links Official website of the World Monuments Fund