Unesco world heritage site News

RSS
49 stories

Supreme Court decision on saving Kathmandu rivers stirs up heated reactions

In Nepal, a cable car in a sacred forest sparks swift, and controversial, direct action

A Guatemalan reserve turns from civil war refuge to deforestation hotspot

Resort in Philippines’ protected Chocolate Hills sparks uproar, probes

Cable car proposal is Nepal’s latest plan to commercialize national parks

Nepal mulls policy shift to allow hotels back into tiger strongholds

In Nepal’s Chitwan, tourist pools spell possible trouble for environment & wildlife

Smallholders and loggers push deeper into Sumatra’s largest park

Indigenous farmers’ hard work protects a Philippine hotspot, but goes overlooked

World Heritage Site listing for Ethiopian park leads to eviction of farming community

Indigenous community fighting a mine in Palawan wins a milestone legal verdict

Tien Hai Nature Reserve latest battleground in Vietnam’s push for development

Annual Adam’s Peak pilgrimage leaves Sri Lanka biodiversity site littered

Return of the lions: Large protected areas in Africa attract apex predator

As tourism booms in India’s Western Ghats, habitat loss pushes endangered frogs to the edge

Targeting 3% of protected areas could accelerate progress on 30×30 goals, says Global Conservation’s Jeff Morgan

New zipline on Rio’s Sugarloaf raises outcry from conservationists

Video of rare West African lion cubs sparks hope for the population

Construction begins on controversial water project inside Lake Malawi National Park

‘No’ to corporate-driven tourism development in Komodo National Park (commentary)

A mayor in the Philippines took on a mine, and lost her job over it

Liberian villagers threaten to leave mining agreement, citing broken promises

In Laos, a ‘very dangerous dam’ threatens an ancient world heritage site

Bali’s new highway project sparks concerns about agriculture and conservation areas

Protecting Colombia’s shark paradise: Q&A with Sandra Bessudo

Drugs and agriculture cause deforestation to skyrocket at Honduran UNESCO site

Deforestation rises in Colombia’s Chiribiquete National Park as cattle invade

Protesters hold back military takeover of Balkans’ largest mountain pasture

Flip-flops, fishing gear pile up at Aldabra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Sumatra’s dwindling forests face extra pressure from a major highway project

Vaquita habitat now listed as ‘World Heritage in Danger’

Rivers are the world’s heritage. Time to treat them as such (commentary)

you're currently offline