Mining in the Mana Pools National Park threatens the forests and floodplains that are home to exceptional wildlife, as well as income from tourism
Inanda heritage route museum and the Phoenix Settlement that Gandhi founded to uplift the community no longer have any major donors
Globally glaciers in World Heritage sites outside the polar ice sheets with areas less than 10km² may almost disappear
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Researchers compared the genetic material of tortoises living on San Cristóbal with bones and shells collected in 1906 from a cave in the island’s highlands and found them to be different
KwaNibela residents rely on the fish and reeds they harvest within the protected iSimangaliso Wetland Park. But authorities consider this poaching, threatening the community’s lives and livelihoods.
Spills and pollution would harm the Okavango Delta and the Tsodilo Hills world heritage sites
Scientists and environmental groups are shocked by the move to artificially open the estuary in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park
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/ 27 November 2008
In an extract from their new book, Peter and Beverly Pickford share their vision of Ngorongoro, a world heritage site and the Maasai’s sacred place.