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GIANT ICEBERG POISED TO BREAK OFF FROM ANTARCTIC SHELF
Predicted to be one of the largest break-offs ever recorded, separation of iceberg could trigger breakup of most northern major ice shelf, Larsen C... READ MORE›
SEA ICE EXTENT IN ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC REACHED RECORD LOWS IN NOVEMBER
Arctic sea ice usually grows over winter until it hits its maximum annual extent in March... READ MORE›
BEST BEER IN THE WORLD? BELGIAN BEER LATEST ADDITION TO UNESCO'S LIST OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
After being nominated by one or more countries, a new entry usually takes about two years to make it to the cultural heritage list... READ MORE›
DRONE CRASHES INTO WORLD HERITAGE-LISTED HIMEJI CASTLE
A drone crashed into World Heritage-listed Himeji Castle on Thursday following a similar incident last year, local government officials said. The small dro... READ MORE›
IRAQI HERITAGE SITES AGAIN AT RISK IN MOSUL OPERATION
As Iraqi forces close in on Mosul, the jihadists' last main bastion in the country, officials say IS has fighters deployed at or near archaeological sites... READ MORE›
MASSIVE MARINE PARK DECLARED IN ANTARCTIC OCEAN
The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources said the Ross Sea marine park would be protected from commercial fishing for 35 years... READ MORE›
UNESCO ADDS 40 KM OF KUMANO KODO PILGRAMAGE ROUTES TO WORLD HERITAGE REGISTER
A total of 347.7 km of the Kumano Kodo routes in all three prefectures have now been classified as World Heritage sites... READ MORE›
MAINE CLIMATE SCIENTIST KILLED IN 100-FOOT ANTARCTIC PLUNGE 'FUN' TO BE AROUND
A University of Maine professor who plunged into a 100-foot crevasse in Antarctica while conducting research was remembered Monday as a gregarious climate... READ MORE›
ANTARCTIC MARINE RESERVES DEAL WITHIN REACH AS RUSSIA THAWS ENVIRONMENTAL STANCE
After five years of failed negotiations, conservations are hopeful Russia is prepared to make a deal to protect the Ross Sea and East Antarctica... READ MORE›
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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›
BRITISH EXPLORER HENRY WORSLEY DIES CROSSING ANTARCTIC
British explorer Henry Worsley has died attempting to be the first person to cross the Antarctic unaided, in an epic charity mission inspired by Ernest Shackleton... READ MORE›
BURNING ALL FOSSIL FUELS WILL MELT ENTIRE ANTARCTIC ICE-SHEET, STUDY SHOWS
Burning all fossil fuels will melt entire Antarctic ice-sheet, study shows... READ MORE›
APPLY TO RUN THIS ANTARCTIC POST OFFICE, IF YOU CAN STAND THE PENGUINS
Applicants to run the world's most southerly post office have been warned they will have to dodge 2 000 smelly penguins... READ MORE›
UN TO DEPLOY PEACEKEEPERS TO PROTECT WORLD HERITAGE SITES
UN peacekeepers will protect world heritage sites from attacks by Islamist militants Unesco has said... READ MORE›
KNOWN FOR ANCIENT FOSSILS, N.L.'S MISTAKEN POINT NOW A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
Known for ancient fossils, N.L.'s Mistaken Point now a UNESCO World Heritage site... 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›
MINING AND OIL THREATENS ONE IN THREE NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SITES A?? REPORT
Of natural world heritage sites in Africa, more than six in ten are threatened with development... READ MORE›
EDINBURGHA??S WORLD HERITAGE STATUS IN PERIL AS DEVELOPERS MOVE IN
David Black, a conservationist and architectural critic, detects a sinister hand in the planned developments and others that have occurred with seemingly indecent haste around Edinburgh... READ MORE›
FORTH BRIDGE NAMED AS SCOTLAND'S SIXTH WORLD HERITAGE SITE
The Forth Bridge that majestic russet-hued testament to Victorian engineering has been confirmed by Unesco as Scotland's sixth world heritage site... READ MORE›
'WE FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS LOOKS BAD'
Greenpeace Nazca Lines stunt Peru government to sue activists for criminal damage to 2,000-year-old UN World Heritage site... 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›
SCIENTISTS PUSH FOR UNESCO LISTING FOR HUGE AREA OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
05 GMT A group of West Australian scientists are campaigning to turn the poorest soils in the world into a Unesco world heritage area... READ MORE›
OIL, GAS AND MINING THREATEN CANADA'S WORLD HERITAGE SITES MOST OFTEN
Parks Canada wrote in an email that environmental assessments and procedures to issue licences are in place to protect Wood Buffalo National Park... 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›
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›
AFTER CONCESSION TO SEOUL ON FORCED LABOR MEIJI INDUSTRIAL SITES ADDED TO WORLD HERITAGE LIST
At meeting June 21 of their foreign ministers, Japan and South Korea reached a basic agreement to cooperate on heritage listings of each other's sites... READ MORE›
CAN A SLUM BUILT ON A WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN MEXICO CITY HAVE RIGHTS
Poor urban planning prompted thousands of Mexico City residents to build their own neighbourhood ... on the ecologically protected Aztec heritage lands of Xochimilco. Now what?... READ MORE›
U.S. TO RESCUE ANTARCTIC RESEARCHERS TRAPPED BY BLIZZARD
A specially equipped plane from the U.S. Antarctic Program will fly to the rescue of 30 researchers... READ MORE›
PLANS TO LOG TASMANIA'S WORLD HERITAGE FORESTS DROPPED AFTER UN CRITICISM
Plans to allow logging inside Tasmanian world heritage forests have been abandoned after a United Nations report recommended against it... READ MORE›
BENIDORM MAKES UNLIKELY BID FOR UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE STATUS
But that could be about to change if Benidorm is successful in its bid to join the others and become a Unesco World Heritage site... READ MORE›
TASMANIA WORLD HERITAGE AREA DEVELOPMENT: IS THIS THE END OF 'WILDERNESS'? | HILARY BURDEN
Tasmania world heritage area development is this the end of 'wilderness'?... READ MORE›
CHINA AND RUSSIA THWART PLAN FOR ANTARCTIC OCEAN SANCTUARY
The Southern Ocean represents about 10 percent of the Earth's surface... READ MORE›
CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS WORLD HERITAGE SITES, REPORT SAYS
Venice, Stonehenge among World Heritage sites threatened by climate change... READ MORE›
JURASSIC COAST COULD LOSE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE STATUS IF PLANNED WIND FARM GOES AHEAD
The 3bn proposal to build one of the world's biggest wind farms, Navitus Bay, has met stiff opposition from residents and environmentalists... READ MORE›
JAPANESE ARCHITECT GROUP PUSHES FOR YOYOGI NATIONAL GYMNASIUM TO GET WORLD HERITAGE LISTING
If Tange's work is registered, he would be the first Japanese architect whose work will be included on the World Heritage list, Maki said... READ MORE›
HOW TO PRESERVE ITS NEWLY LISTED SITES
Japan used to designate candidate World Heritage sites as historic places under the cultural assets preservation law... READ MORE›
UNESCO DECIDES TO ADD MEIJI INDUSTRIAL SITES TO WORLD HERITAGE LIST
BONN - The UNESCO World Heritage Committee on Sunday decided to approve Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution for addition to the World Cultural Heritage list... READ MORE›
UNESCO APPROVES 'CULTURAL BLUE HELMETS' TO PROTECT HERITAGE SITES FROM ISLAMIST MILITANTS
Islamist militants are also accused of being behind attacks on ten religious and historic monuments in the UNESCO World Heritage city of Timbuktu in Mali... READ MORE›
TASMANIA URGED TO SCRAP PLAN TO OPEN MORE WORLD HERITAGE AREA TO TOURISM
We can't trust the Tasmanian government to manage our globally precious wilderness, so it's time the Australian government stepped in and took more responsibility... READ MORE›
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ISLAMIC STATE RETAKES PARTS OF SYRIAA??S HISTORIC PALMYRA
The Islamic State gets 25 percent of its revenue from oil, the Center for the Analysis of Terrorism, a private research group, estimates... READ MORE›
ISIS VOWS 'VICTORY' IN IRAQ AND SYRIA
The battles to oust the Islamic State group from strongholds in Iraq and Syria have not deterred the terror organization, according to a new report... READ MORE›
A WINE LOVER'S PARADISE IN A WORLD HERITAGE SITE
Listed as a World Heritage Site since 2015, the vineyards of the Cote-d'Or, in France's eastern Burgundy region, are the combined work of man and nature... READ MORE›
UNESCO RAISES ALARM OVER MALIAN EARTHEN TOWN, UZBEK MONUMENTS
UNESCO said that the 40th meeting of its World Heritage Committee in Istanbul decided to place the site on its list of world heritage in danger... READ MORE›
MASS GRAVE UNCOVERED IN ANCIENT CITY SEIZED FROM ISIS
Government troops, backed by allied militiamen and Russian airstrikes retook the town from ISIS militants who had controlled Palmyra and its environs for 10 months... READ MORE›
ICC HEARING TO DECIDE ON 'DESTROYER' OF TIMBUKTU SITES
If enough evidence is established, Mahdi will stand trial for his alleged involvement in the attack on the centuries-old world heritage site of Timbuktu... READ MORE›
WANUSKEWIN SEEKS UNITED NATIONS WORLD HERITAGE STATUS
Wanuskewin Heritage Park in Saskatoon announced today that it plans to apply for status as a United Nations world heritage site... READ MORE›
JAPAN TO WITHDRAW BID FOR WORLD HERITAGE LISTING OF NAGASAKI, KUMAMOTO SITES
Japan to withdraw bid for World Heritage listing of Nagasaki, Kumamoto sites sources... READ MORE›
ISIS DEVELOP SOPHISTICATED NEW WEAPONRY 'CAPABLE OF SHOOTING DOWN PASSENGER JETS'
Newly emerged footage shows militants at the group's Syrian base in Raqqa creating a homemade thermal battery, for use in decommissioned military surface-to-air missiles... READ MORE›
ISIS DUMPING DEAD BODIES ON SYRIAN STREETS CAUSES DEADLY 'FLESH-EATING' DISEASE TO SPREAD
A Syrian Kurdish fighter reportedly told other news agencies We did not have knowledge about this deadly disease before... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE SEEN SAVING SOME OF ITS WORST MURDEROUS BARBARITY FOR GAYS
But in Turkey, he said, he began getting death threats from a former school friend who joined the Islamic State group... READ MORE›
SYRIAN REBELS FACE A NEW REALITY AMID RUSSIAN AIR CAMPAIGN
The Russian airstrikes more powerful than those by the Syrian military have hit along several key fronts even attacking rebel bases along the border with Turkey... READ MORE›