{"id":721655,"date":"2026-07-31T21:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T21:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/721655\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T21:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T21:32:18","slug":"three-sa-heritage-sites-face-flood-risk-but-rest-of-africa-likely-to-lose-even-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/721655\/","title":{"rendered":"Three SA heritage sites face flood risk, but rest of Africa likely to lose even more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785533538_131_inline.jpg\" alt=\"Robben Island is among the thousands of world\u2019s most treasured heritage sites that sit close enough to the coast to face growing exposure to flooding and erosion as sea levels rise. \" height=\"679\" width=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    Robben Island is among the thousands of world\u2019s most treasured heritage sites that sit close enough to the coast to face growing exposure to flooding and erosion as sea levels rise.\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                        Patrick De Wilde\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images\n                    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial. Dive into a world of inspiration, learning, and empowerment. You can only trial once.\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robben Island is among the thousands of world\u2019s most treasured heritage sites that sit close enough to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":721656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[556,1397,2204,90,56,47604,54,55],"class_list":["post-721655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-climate-change","tag-environment","tag-floods","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-unesco","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/721656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}