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Threatened World Heritage Sites Must Be Protected Warns UN Body
2016-07-13 14:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Threatened World Heritage Sites Must Be Protected Warns UN Body The future of some of the world`s most important natural World Heritage sites was determined yesterday at a UN session representing 192 countries. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided to keep the Belize barrier reef and Selous Game Reserve on the List of World Heritage in Danger. The reef was kept on the list due to continued threats from oil exploration, damaging coastal construction and pollution. While the decision...
Dams, Logging, Poaching Threaten World Heritage
2016-07-13 09:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Of all the world`s unique natural areas threatened by logging, poaching, dam development and gillnet fishing, the International Union for Conservation of Nature is advising the UNESCO World Heritage Committee to place five of them on the List of Heritage in Danger. "When pressures on the planet's outstanding natural sites exceed the strong protection expected under the World Heritage Convention, additional action is needed," says Tim Badman, director of IUCN's World Heritage Programme. "The Danger...
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Climate change and the threat to our cultural heritage
2016-06-18 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Irish Times: The timing was grimly appropriate. No sooner had the United Nations stressed the risk that climate change poses to world heritage sites than curators at the Louvre, in Paris, rushed to move 250,000 artworks to safety from flooding. Extreme weather had forced the closure of one of the worlds most famous museums a museum, whats more, that is at the heart of the Banks of the Seine world heritage site, which stretches from the Eiffel Tower to the Īle St Louis, and where the river rose 6m above its...
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Archaeological & Heritage Management Solutions-Cultural Heritage Management
2016-06-06 13:08:00| Offshore Technology
Archaeological and Heritage Management Solutions (AHMS) is a pre-eminent heritage and archaeological consultancy servicing Australia and the Asia-Pacific region since 1998.
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Great Barrier Reef Not Included UN World Heritage
2016-05-31 12:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: We all have heard about the massive coral bleaching that wiped off 93 percent of the magnificent Great Barrier Reef. So why is Australia's heritage site not included on United Nations' list of world heritage sites threatened by climate change? Apparently, the Australian government does not want their name of the list because it might negatively impact their tourism industry. In an exclusive report, The Guardian Australia revealed how the report was altered. According to The Guardian, the initial...
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