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IUCN Advises “in Danger” Status for Three World Heritage Sites
IUCN, the official advisor on natural World Heritage, recommends for three natural sites to be listed as “World Heritage in danger”: the Sundarbans in Bangladesh, Mexico’s Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California and the Ohrid region in…
Oil Spill From Shipwreck Threatens Solomon Islands’ World Heritage Site
The Solomon Islands prime minister has asked Australia for emergency help cleaning up an environmental disaster after oil spilled from a bulk carrier that ran aground on a coral reef near a world heritage area. The MV Solomon Trader had…
Director-General of UNESCO Receives WWF’s Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Award
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, last month presented the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) 2016 Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Award, for her contribution to conservation. The ceremony took place at Buckingham Palace…
Adani Coal Mine: Green Groups Fume over Plan for $1b Federal Loan
The environmental movement is up in arms over a move towards federal funding of up to $1b for a railway that will serve Adani’s proposed Queensland coal mine. A $2.2b rail link to Adani’s huge Carmichael mine in the untapped…
ABB to Strengthen Power Infrastructure on Canary Islands while Preserving Natural Beauty
ABB has received orders to supply gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) and shunt reactors to Red Eléctrica de España, (REE) the transmission agent and operator of the Spanish electricity system to support the upgrade of the electricity transmission infrastructure on the Canary…
Winners of 2016 UNESCO Prize for Sustainability Education Come from Cameroon, Japan and the United Kingdom
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has named the three laureates of the 2016 UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD): the Centre for Community Regeneration and Development (CCREAD-Cameroon) from Cameroon; the Okayama ESD Promotion Commission from Japan; and…
UNESCO seeks to protect natural wonders in the high seas
UNESCO is proposing adding sites in the high seas to the World Heritage List. These natural wonders are in international waters. Heritage status could help protect them against pollution and overfishing. Many people might think there is nothing down there…