By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — For the first time, a location beyond Earth has been listed as vulnerable by the World Monuments Fund, an international nonprofit that every two years highlights 25 heritage sites at risk. The Fund included the moon on its 2025 Watch list due to the dawn of a new Space Age and the moon hosting more than 90 historic lunar sites relating to humanity’s presence on it, according to a news release from the group. These s…

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Moon has been placed on a list of threatened heritage sites as the space race risks jeopardising Earth's only natural satellite. World Monuments Fund (WMF), a nonprofit that releases a list of cultural heritage sites at risk, has gone beyond the usual landmarks such as temples, cemeteries and neighbourhoods this year to place Moon on the list. The group has warned that more than 90 important sites on the Moon could be harmed in the coming years.…

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For the first time, a location beyond Earth has been listed as vulnerable by the World Monuments Fund, an international nonprofit that every two years highlights 25 heritage sites at risk.

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World Monuments Fund says that inclusion is due to the risk of destruction caused by commercial travel and the need to preserve artifacts left during the space race. Not even the Moon, more than 384,000 kilometers from Earth, escaped the severe impacts caused by human activity. The natural satellite is for the first time among the 25 vulnerable sites listed by the World Monuments Fund (WMF), due to the risk of looting and destruction caused by c…

World Monuments Fund diz que inclusão se deve ao risco destruição causados pelas viagens comerciais e necessidade de preservar artefatos deixados durante corrida espacial Nem mesmo a Lua, a mais de 384 mil quilômetros da Terra, escapou dos impactos severos provocados pela atividade humana. O satélite natural está pela primeira vez entre os 25 locais vulneráveis listados pelo World Monuments Fund (WMF, na sigla em inglês), devido ao risco de saqu…

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It is the first time a place beyond Earth has been listed (Picture: AFP via Getty Images) The Moon has been listed as a vulnerable site- the first time a location beyond Earth has been categorised as such. The World Monument Fund, an international nonprofit, highlights 25 sites at risk every two years. It says the Moon is on its list due to the dawn on the new Space Age and because more than 90 historic lunar sites are on it. This includes the T…

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With a number of commercial missions heading to the Moon this year, heritage organisations are concerned about potential damage to historic sites.

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The Moon makes list of endangered cultural sites for first time

The World Monuments Fund (WMF) is an international organization dedicated to the preservation of cultural heritage at risk. Each year, the WMF makes a biennial list of threatened sites that are historical and cultural heritage. Places such as the ancient city of Antioch in Turkey, or the Swahili Coast in Africa are some of the names that head the list. However, for the latter list, the organization has included the Old Town of Belchite, an iconi…

El World Monuments Fund (WMF) es una organización internacional dedicada a la preservación del patrimonio cultural en riesgo. Cada año, la WMF realiza una lista bienal de sitios amenazados que son patrimonio histórico y cultural. Lugares como la ciudad antigua de Antioquía en Turquía, o la Costa Swahili en África son algunos de los nombres que encabezan la lista. Sin embargo, para este último listado, la organización ha incluido al Pueblo Viejo …

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