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38 Natural World Heritage Sites Facing Threat, Warns IUCN

A view of Białowieża Forest, Belarus-Poland. CREDIT: IUCN Elena Osipova

Two-thirds of the 57 natural World Heritage sites are affected this year by illegal fishing, logging and poaching, said the monitoring body International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), sending alarm bells over the risk faced by some of the world’s most precious and unique ecosystems and species. On the eve of its 41st session of the World Heritage Committee ...

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