FROM THE EVERGLADES TO KILIMANJARO, CLIMATE CHANGE IS DESTROYING WORLD WONDERS

Natural world heritage sites also play a crucial role supporting local economies and livelihoods, said Tim Badman, director of IUCN's World Heritage Programme... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA SCRUBBED FROM UN CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT AFTER GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION

Recent experience in Australia had shown that negative commentary about the status of world heritage properties impacted on tourism... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA'S 'RESPONSE PLAN' DRAFT CONTAINS NO NEW ACTION OR FUNDING

Great Barrier Reef Australia's 'response plan' draft contains no new action or funding... READ MORE›

WORLD HERITAGE FORESTS BURN AS GLOBAL TRAGEDY UNFOLDS IN TASMANIA

It concluded that lightning fires were now the main threat to the survival of the world heritage area... READ MORE›

COUNTRIES WITH CORAL REEFS MUST DO MORE ON CLIMATE CHANGE - UNESCO

The new decision builds on that assessment, clarifying the responsibility of countries with custodianship over world-heritage listed coral reefs... READ MORE›

PARIS AGREEMENT'S 1.5C TARGET 'ONLY WAY' TO SAVE CORAL REEFS, UNESCO SAYS

First global assessment of climate change impact on world heritage-listed reefs says local efforts are 'no longer sufficient'... READ MORE›

LABOR TO BAN DREDGE SPOIL DUMPING IN THE GREAT BARRIER REEF WORLD HERITAGE AREA

Poll Should the Abbott government legislate a ban on dumping dredge spoil in the Great Barrier Reef world heritage area?... READ MORE›

A reef campaigner with the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Felicity Wishart, said the report contained no measurable, deliverable action... READ MORE›

MINING AND OIL THREATENS ONE IN THREE NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SITES REPORT

Of natural world heritage sites in Africa, more than six in ten are threatened with development... READ MORE›

'THIS IS NOT POLITICS, IT'S SURVIVAL'

Sydney Pacific island nations under threat from rising seas have warned that climate talks in Paris represent the last chance to save them from obliteration... READ MORE›

GREAT BARRIER REEF: UNESCO PUSHES FOR TREE-CLEARING CONTROLS

The reef suffered its world bleaching event on record this Australian summer, killing off 22 percent of its coral, according to government agencies... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA SENDS DIPLOMATS OUT TO DEFEND ITS ACTIONS

Fish swim over coral in the Great Barrier Reef, which the Australian government is lobbying to keep off the World Heritage Committee's in danger list... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT OFFERS JUNKETS TO JOURNALISTS

Great barrier reef lobbying australian government offers junkets to journalists... READ MORE›

AMAZON RAINFOREST AND GREAT BARRIER REEF NEED BETTER CARE, SAY SCIENTISTS

Researchers said local management at each of the world heritage sites was worrisome and risked compounding the effects of climate change... READ MORE›

HALF OF WORLD HERITAGE SITES THREATENED BY DEVELOPMENT, SAYS WWF

World heritage sites fall under three categories cultural, natural and mixed... READ MORE›

GREAT BARRIER REEF AT RISK FROM 'RUSHED' SEDIMENT DUMPING PLAN AT ABBOT POINT

Great Barrier Reef at risk from 'rushed' sediment dumping plan at Abbot Point... READ MORE›

TONY ABBOTT UNVEILS PLAN TO SAVE GREAT BARRIER REEF

We're making our position clear right around the world this is a number one priority of the Australian government to protect the Great Barrier Reef... READ MORE›

COMMENT: GEORGE CHRISTENSEN MAKES ME EMBARRASSED TO BE A QUEENSLANDER

But unluckily for those of us in the Sunshine State, embarrassing politicians are not a thing of the past... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA LOBBYING TO STOP GREAT BARRIER REEF MAKING 'IN DANGER' LIST

Australia lobbying to stop Great Barrier Reef making 'in danger' list... READ MORE›

WORLD HERITAGE REEFS AT RISK OF CORAL BLEACHING AFTER HEAT STRESS EXPOSURE, UNESCO SAYS

Almost 75 per cent of world heritage coral reefs have been exposed to heat stress that causes coral bleaching in the past three years, UNESCO says... READ MORE›

A reef campaigner with the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Felicity Wishart, said the report contained no measurable, deliverable action... READ MORE›

9 WONDERS OF THE WORLD SET TO VANISH FOREVER

However, Unesco warns redevelopment in the area - namely, the multi-billion Liverpool Waters mixed use waterfront quarter - will adversely alter the site. More information... READ MORE›

OH VIENNA: WORLD HERITAGE STATUS THREATENED BY HIGH-RISE

But the World Heritage Committee WHC took issue with the tower's height of 66.3 metres, which had already been reduced from 75 metres following protests... READ MORE›

GREAT BARRIER REEF, KAKADU AMONG WORLD HERITAGE SITES OF 'SIGNIFICANT CONCERN'

Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu among World Heritage sites of 'significant concern' IUCN... READ MORE›

DON'T BE FOOLED BY COLD WINTERS, STUDY WARNS AUSTRALIA'S STILL GETTING WARMER

However, Sophie Lewis, lead author of the climate study, said that people have simply become used to warmer temperatures being the norm... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA ACTING WITH 'RENEWED VIGOUR' ON GREAT BARRIER REEF

The Greens said the report would fail to allay the concerns of the world heritage committee, maintaining the government's approach was business as usual ... READ MORE›

UNESCO OFFICIALLY RULES AGAINST IN DANGER LISTING

Unesco world heritage committee unanimously passes earlier draft ruling that reefs status remain unchanged, but says Australia must do more to prevent further deterioration... READ MORE›

SWIMMING WITH WHALES: A FROLIC IN THE WILD OR AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN?

They are seeking eye-to-eye experiences with humpbacks and their calves southern right whales dwarf minke whales and Indo-Pacific and common bottlenose dolphins... READ MORE›

UN COMMITTEE MAY AGAIN CONSIDER LISTING GREAT BARRIER REEF AS 'IN DANGER'

State of Conservation reports, which are addressed to the World Heritage Committee, help it implement new conservation actions... READ MORE›

BRITISH TEEN RECEIVES LIFE SENTENCE FOR INCITING TERRORIST ACT

The Greater Manchester Police informed police in Australia, who arrested five men in April, a week before the parade... READ MORE›