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These African World Heritage Sites are under threat from climate change

These African World Heritage Sites are under threat from climate change

JOANNE CLARKE, Senior lecturer, University of East Anglia; ELIZABETH EDNA WANGUI, Associate professor, Ohio University GRACE W. NGARUIYA, Lecturer, Kenyatta University NICK BROOKS, Research fellow, University of East Anglia VERY few academics or policymakers are talking about the impact of climate change on heritage. Yet heritage is essential for social wellbeing, for identity creation, for safeguarding traditional knowledge and livelihoods and for sustainable development. The conversations taking place are mainly on the effects of climate change in wealthier countries. One recent study estimates that only 1% of research on the impacts of climate change on heritage is related to Africa.…
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