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UN rejects Australia 'feeble' bid to strip Tasmanian forest's heritage status

2014-06-23 18:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Unesco has unanimously rejected a feeble Australian government bid to reopen 74,000 hectares of Tasmanias world heritage area to logging. At its annual meeting in Doha, the Unesco World Heritage Committee said the Australian government had failed to provide compelling evidence that areas added to the site only last year were detracting from the overall value of the area. No committee members defended the Australian cause as the proposal was discarded in less than ten minutes. Portugals...

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A look at National Heritage Academies

2014-06-22 13:07:41| Waste Management - Topix.net

Huizenga remains chairman of the board. First school: Excel Charter Academy in Grand Rapids Size now: 47 schools in Michigan plus four high schools run by a separate company, PrepNet, which Huizenga formed in 2008.

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Australia: Tasmanian forests on agenda as World Heritage Committee meeting gets underway in Qatar

2014-06-16 17:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has begun its annual meeting in Qatar, where a decision will be made on the Federal Government's application to have 74,000 hectares of Tasmanian forests delisted. The committee, meeting in Doha, is expected to deal with the matter later in the week. If the Government's application is successful, it would be a first for a developed country. The Government claims the area it wants delisted is already "degraded", having been logged before. Opponents say...

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Unesco commends Soco decision to halt drilling in world heritage site

2014-06-14 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Blue and Green: The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has said it commends British oil and gas exploration firm Socos decision to abandon drilling plans in a Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) world heritage site. Earlier this week, the firm and WWF, which had conducted a year-long campaign against its operations in the Virunga national park, released a joint statement. It stated that Soco would halt operations in the national park, commit to avoiding operations in other world heritage...

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