Abstract
Abstract The conceptualization and definition of world cultural heritage, as well as the principles guiding its preservation, have gradually emerged through a series of international conventions and other agreements since the nineteenth century. The most influential of these agreements has been the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage , also known as the World Heritage Convention (WHC), adopted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1972. The WHC represents a comprehensive effort to formalize and globalize the process by which world cultural heritage is identified and preserved. Subsequent conventions have sought to expand UNESCO's original interpretation to include underwater and intangible heritage, for example, and have taken measures to protect world heritage sites from a variety of threats, such as globalization.
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