2002 World Monuments Watch

Every two years, it publishes a select list known as the Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites that is in urgent need of preservation funding and protection. It is a call to action on behalf of threatened cultural heritage monuments worldwide. 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. A site’s inclusion on the Watch List brings them to international attention, helping to raise funds needed for its rescue and spurring local governments and communities to take an active role in protecting the cultural landmark.

The 2002 World Monuments Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites was launched on October 11, 2001, by WMF President Bonnie Burnham at a press conference at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.{{cite web | title = Chersonesos site on list of world's endangered treasures | author=Taissa Bushnell | date=4 November 2001 | publisher = The Ukrainian Weekly | url = http://www.ukrlife.org/main/uacrim/cherson.html|accessdate=5 September 2009}} The Watch List was expanded to 101 in the wake of the devastating destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Its vicinity—the Lower Manhattan area, was added as an imperiled urban site.{{cite web | title = THIS YEAR'S ENDANGERED LIST | publisher = World Monuments Fund | url = http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=7833|accessdate=5 September 2009}}

{{cquote|The examples highlighted by the list tell tales of human achievements and aspirations. It is a challenge, as well as a source of inspiration, for us to respond to the needs of these sites and the communities they represent.|200px||Bonnie Burnham, WMF president|launch of 2002 Watch List}}

Image:Mostar Old Town Panorama.jpg in Bosnia and Herzegovina contains numerous archetypal examples of historic architectural styles that were largely destroyed by bombardment during the Yugoslav conflict.]]

Image:Beauvais 1.JPG

File:Petra Jordan BW 36.JPG, was famously described as "a rose-red city half as old as time" in a Newdigate prize-winning poem by John William Burgon.]]

Image:Tomonoura01sb1890.jpg, is threatened by the construction of a landfill and bridge that will radically alter its waterfront and increase traffic within the city.]]

Image:Yaxchilan 1.jpg, the ancient Maya city of Yaxchilan, in what is now Mexico, rivaled Piedras Negras as one of the most powerful states along the course of the Usumacinta. Both were archaeological sites were included on the 2002 Watch List.]]

File:Cusco-c02.jpg, Cusco has been declared as the nation's Historical Capital.{{cite web|url=http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Peru/per93reforms05.html#titIIcapI |title=Constitución del Perъ de 1993 |publisher=Pdba.georgetown.edu |date= |accessdate=22 July 2009}}]]

Image:Novoierusalimsky monastyr 1.jpg and has since been sporadically restored.]]

Image:Bagamoyo Tanzania Missionary Building.jpg construction, was founded at the end of the 18th century as the capital of German East Africa. It served as a trading port for ivory and the slave trade.]]

Image:Chersonesos columns.jpg, urban sprawl and coastal erosion.]]

Image:Sugar Warehouse.jpg

Image:Lower Manhattan from Helicopter.jpg.]]

The following countries/territories have multiple sites entered on the 2002 Watch List, listed by the number of sites:

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{{note|1}}A. Numbers list meant only as a guide on this article. No official reference numbers have been designated for the sites on the Watch List.

{{note|2}}B. Names and spellings used for the sites were based on the official [https://web.archive.org/web/20080513151656/http://www.wmf.org/pdf/Watch_List_2002.pdf 2002 Watch List as published].

{{note|3}}C. The references to the sites' locations and periods of construction were based on the official [https://web.archive.org/web/20080513151656/http://www.wmf.org/pdf/Watch_List_2002.pdf 2002 Watch List as published].

{{note|4}}D. WMF added the Historic Lower Manhattan area to the 2002 Watch List as its 101st site following the September 11 attacks.

{{note|5}}E. Tally includes the Historic Lower Manhattan site.

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• [http://www.wmf.org/ World Monuments Fund home page]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090830033758/http://www.worldmonumentswatch.org/ World Monuments Watch home page]

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