Southeast Asia Heritage Sites

Southeast Asia Heritage Sites

by Dewi Erita

I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Dewi Erita. I am an undergraduate student of Public Health Faculty. Today, I’m going to talk about Southeast Asia Heritage Sites. Heritage is usually defined as the full range of our inherited traditions, monuments, objects, and culture. My aim is to share about the heritage in the Southeast Asia.

To begin, I’d like to explain how many sites there are and where they are located. This table shows Southeast Heritage Sites by country and  it also shows which are natural sites, which are cultural, and which are mixed—meaning they have both cultural and natural importance. As you can see, there are 11 countries: Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Brunei, and East Timor. The total number of sites is shown here—38. The majority—24—are cultural sites—and only one is mixed sites. The country with the largest number of sites is Indonesia and Vietnam—8—followed by Philippines with 6 sites. The country with the smallest number of sites is Myanmar and Singapore—only 1. Brunei and East Timor lack World Heritage Sites. It is interesting to note here that only Vietnam which has mixed site (Wikipedia).

The World Heritage Committee may also specify that a site is endangered. One site in this region, Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra, is listed as endangered. This site holds the greatest potential for long-term conservation of the distinctive and diverse biota of Sumatra, including many endangered species. This site has been listed as endangered since 2011 due to poaching, illegal logging, agricultural encroachment, and plans to build roads (Wikipedia).

To conclude, in our region, Southeast Asia, there are many heritage sites. Let us maintain and preserve the sites around us.

Thank you

Depok, July 22^nd 2017

(This draft has been presented in EAP Class on Saturday, July 29^th, 2017)

References:

List of the World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Southeast_Asia