Claim: Palmeral of Elche, located at Elche, Province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain, was designated by UNESCO for having cultural and historical significance categorized under Cultural: (ii), (v).
Evidence: Elche, Province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain In 2000, UNESCO designated the Palmeral a World Heritage Site, but climate change, pests, and disease threaten the site. The UN organization cited two of the six protection requirements, particularly Criteria II and Criteria V. Under Criteria II, the Palmeral of Elche represented cultural expansion and cohesion through landscape transference practices from North Africa to Europe.