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Huge rubber plantation in Cameroon halts deforestation following rebuke

Rachel Fritts 1 May 2019

In a predator-infested forest, survival for baby birds comes by the road

John Cannon 21 Feb 2019

‘There are no laws’: Cattle, drugs, corruption destroying Honduras UNESCO site

Taran Volckhausen 6 Dec 2018

Ongoing rise in sea levels will increase threats to World Heritage Sites

Mongabay.com 2 Nov 2018

Deforestation for rubber ramps up near UNESCO site in Cameroon

Morgan Erickson-Davis 27 Jul 2018

DRC set to reclassify national parks for oil, open rainforest to logging

John Vidal 19 Jul 2018

Hunters are wiping out hornbills in Ghana’s forests

John Cannon 23 May 2018

Rubber plantation in Cameroon edges closer to UNESCO World Heritage Site

Rachel Fritts 6 Apr 2018

Deforestation in Sumatra carves up tiger habitats into ever smaller patches

Basten Gokkon 5 Dec 2017

How the World Heritage Convention could save more wilderness: Q&A with World Heritage expert Cyril Kormos

Morgan Erickson-Davis 6 Jul 2017

Illegal trade threatens nearly half the world’s natural heritage sites: WWF

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Apr 2017

Al Gore and Bangladesh PM spar over coal plants in the Sundarbans

Jeremy Hance 30 Mar 2017

The Philippines declares more than 100,000 acres as critical habitat

Shreya Dasgupta 2 Feb 2017

Police clash with protesters marching against power plant in Bangladesh

Morgan Erickson-Davis 26 Jan 2017

Belize suspends oil exploration near World Heritage Site after public outcry

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Oct 2016

Hundreds of unexpected species found in Mexican UNESCO site slated for gold mine

Martha Pskowski 5 Aug 2016

India floods kill more than 200 animals, including rare rhinos

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Aug 2016

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