More than half of world’s coral reefs threatened by local activities

Alarming figures revealed by UNESCO body

800 million affected by desertification: UN secretary-general

Over the next 25 years, land degradation could reduce global food productivity by as much as 12 per cent, the UN chief said on World Day to …

Does tourism really suffer at sites listed as World Heritage In Danger?

Three other famous tourist destinations have also been in the spotlight of the World Heritage Committee, with little indication that this has …

'All these sites have multiple stresses affecting them. Climate change only adds to that'

Adam Markham, Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Deputy Director for Climate and Energy and lead author of UNESCO’s recent report on World …

31 iconic sites at risk from climate change, warns UNESCO report

The report gives a miss to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Sundarbans in India

Agasthyamala included in UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserve

The Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve comprises of tropical forests and is home to 2,254 species of higher plants including about 400 that are …

International expedition launched to study Indian Ocean

Information collected will help in understanding the impact of global warming and climate change

Water is critical to sustainable development, says UN report

Increasing ubanisation and industrialisation are widening the rift between demand for and supply of water

World’s ‘model diet’ under threat from lifestyle changes, globalisation

A study shows that people in the Mediterranean region are shying away from fruits and legumes and digging more into meat and dairy products

UK company accused of bribing opponents of oil exploration in Congo

Global Witness says that huge amounts were paid to a military officer to torture locals and opponents

Great Barrier Reef may be put in World Heritage in Danger list

World Heritage Committee defers decision on Great Barrier Reef

Australian government given time to improve reef’s health; not to be included in list of ‘in danger’ sites yet

Filling in the "big picture"

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Small town

Pyramids in peril

Unfair share

Parched future

ECUADOR

Rights against research

Bioscience get short shrift in UNESCO document

Awarding the tyrant

Award>> Life Sciences ÔÇó Equatorial Guinea

Ancient wisdom

A new book provides an insight on sacred groves

Steep crisis

UNESCO asked to list Mount Everest as endangered

Special status for India in global village

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Barely surviving

With about 300 sq km almost stripped bare of forest cover, Africa's first national park battles for survival