UNESCO Director-General deplores fires in Mount Kenya National Park

Offers full help and assistance to Nairobi so that such an incident does not recur

South korea

Website on Caribbean Indigenous and endanged languages launched

Aid for Manas

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A row over Cuneiform

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

Alarming figures revealed by UNESCO body

How Valley of Flowers got World Heritage Site tag

The tag will bring higher visibility and increased tourism to the area

UNITED NATIONS

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Oil drilling threatens the Okavango River Basin, putting water in Namibia and Botswana at risk

Okavango River sustains over half a million people in Namibia and Botswana

Oil spill in Bangladesh’s Sela river threatens dolphin sanctuary

Nearly 350,000 litres of furnace oil spilled in the river on December 9

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

Local citrus goes global

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Remodelling will destroy Mumbai's Crawford market

Only puddles left in Keoladeo

National Park runs the risk of losing UNESCO heritage status  

Beauty and bounty

Hotels, golf course to come up at the Victorial Falls Heritage site

Tourism threatens Galapagos Islands