stripped of its world heritage status after a un committee found developments threatened the value of the city s waterfront. the decision was made following a secret ballot by the unesco committee at a meeting in china. unesco had said that the developments, including the planned new everton fc stadium, had resulted in a serious deterioration of the historic site. liverpool becomes only the third site to lose its world heritage status since the list began in 1978, the other two being 0man s arabian 0ryx sanctuary in 2007 because the size of the reserve which is home to rare antelope was to be cut by 90%, and the dresden elbe valley in germany in 2009. well let s talk to liverpool icon pete price and pete i can t imagine you re too happy about all this? are you sad about this because? 0r are you sad about this because? or are you just shrugging your shoulders?
UNESCO s World Heritage Sites: Protecting the world s treasures
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Liverpool poised to be stripped of its World Heritage Site status over new waterfront developments
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