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World Monuments Fund adds the Moon to list of heritage sites in danger

The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has announced its 2025 watch list of heritage sites facing major challenges – and this year’s locations span five continents, and the Moon.






The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has announced its 2025 watch list of heritage sites facing major challenges – and this year’s locations span five continents, and the Moon.

Announced biennially since 1996, the WMF aims to help historic places at risk by building awareness around their status and mobilising action. The list is nomination-based, with more than 200 sites submitted for consideration for 2025.

Challenges facing the 25 historic sites on the watch this year include climate change, rapid urbanisation, overtourism, conflict and natural disaster. In the case of the Moon, the WMF has noted that it is home to over 90 historic sites, including Tranquillity Base, the Apollo 11 landing site, and humanity’s first footprints on the surface, and that these must be protected as we enter a new era of space exploration.

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World Monuments Fund adds the Moon to list of heritage sites in danger

The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has announced its 2025 watch list of heritage sites facing major challenges – and this year’s locations span five continents, and the Moon.






The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has announced its 2025 watch list of heritage sites facing major challenges – and this year’s locations span five continents, and the Moon.

Announced biennially since 1996, the WMF aims to help historic places at risk by building awareness around their status and mobilising action. The list is nomination-based, with more than 200 sites submitted for consideration for 2025.

Challenges facing the 25 historic sites on the watch this year include climate change, rapid urbanisation, overtourism, conflict and natural disaster. In the case of the Moon, the WMF has noted that it is home to over 90 historic sites, including Tranquillity Base, the Apollo 11 landing site, and humanity’s first footprints on the surface, and that these must be protected as we enter a new era of space exploration.

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