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Australia sends mixed messages on iconic World Heritage areas

Australia sends mixed messages on iconic World Heritage areas | Human Interest | Scoop.it
This week, experts will debate the future of two of Australia’s World Heritage areas, the Tasmanian Wilderness and the Great Barrier Reef, at a meeting in Doha, Qatar. The world will be watching, as it…

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'Degraded' Tasmanian forests can still be World Heritage

'Degraded' Tasmanian forests can still be World Heritage | Human Interest | Scoop.it
The federal and incoming Tasmanian governments are pushing ahead with moves to delist parts of Tasmania’s forest World Heritage, on grounds that the area includes “degraded” forest. But these “degraded…

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dilaycock's curator insight, March 19, 2014 8:31 PM

Wouldn't it be safe to say that most World Heritage Areas have been degraded to some extent by the very fact that by being WHA they attract tourists (and all the associated development).