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The Chinese host of this year's meeting of the U.N. World Heritage Committee has defended the body's proposal to label the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger” against Australian government suspicion that China influenced the finding for political reasons.

The United Nations culture agency, which was considering declaring Venice an imperiled world heritage site, on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, hailed Italy’s ban on big cruise ships in the heart of the lagoon city.

Canada's largest national park is now so threatened by upstream development and divided governance that it likely meets the criteria to be placed on the list of World Heritage sites in danger.

Australia said on Tuesday, June 21, 2021, it will fight against plans to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status due to climate change, while environmentalists have applauded the U.N. World Heritage Committee’s proposal.

David Zandvliet, a professor at Simon Fraser University, focuses on the intersection of culture and environment in his work developing research and teaching programs that equip students with a new way of thinking.

A United Nations body has given Canada a new deadline to repair the country's largest national park and the government is promising greater efforts to stop its deterioration.

The status of Canada's largest park as a World Heritage Site remains wobbly after a United Nations body expressed grave doubts about a federal plan to rescue it.

Federal documents echo earlier concerns that Canada's largest national park faces long-term threats that could place it on a list of endangered world heritage sites.

Almost two dozen marine scientists from around the world have issued a warning about an often-overlooked side effect of climate change and pollution.

Love him, hate him, debate all you want about him. But with the stroke of a pen on Friday, December 22, 2017, before he hopped onto a helicopter and left Washington for the holidays, Donald Trump cemented one truth about his presidency.

One of the world's largest groups of conservation scientists says Canada's biggest national park is one of the most threatened World Heritage Sites in North America. "This is quite embarrassing," said Melody Lepine of the Mikisew Cree First Nation, many of whose members live alongside the park. "It's not looking good for Canada avoiding an endangered listing for Wood Buffalo."

The park review opens a new front in the battle over Site C, which is already being challenged in Federal Court by two B.C. First Nations.

The rocky stretch of coastline along the southeastern tip of Newfoundland holds secrets about the origins of complex life.