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NEW YORK, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- American Express and the World Monuments Fund today announced a new initiative that rewards and encourages the responsible stewardship of historic sites by supporting projects that address the issue of sustainable tourism.

CHICAGO, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation today announced the results of the Partners in Preservation popular vote winner, On Leong Merchants Association Building (Pui Tak Center).

By Jayne Clark For the first time, global climate change has joined political conflict and development pressures as an underlying threat to cultural heritage sites, as cataloged by the World Monuments Fund on its biennial list of the 100 most endangered places.