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UN: FLORIDA
EVERGLADES AND RIO PLATANO BIOSPHERE RESERVE OFF 'DANGER LIST' – UNESCO:
25/6/2007 (MaximsNews.com,
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June 2007 –
The Everglades National Park in
the United States and Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve in Honduras have been
removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger, the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced yesterday.
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decision was taken by the World Heritage Committee, which is meeting in
Christchurch, New Zealand, to examine the state of conservation of sites on
UNESCO's World Heritage List and on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
Inclusion on the Danger List is intended to mobilize support for sites whose
outstanding universal value is under threat.
The
Committee commended the United States for its investment of scientific and
financial resources to rehabilitate the Florida Everglades, which was
inscribed on the Danger List in 1993.
Described
as a river of grass flowing imperceptibly from the hinterland into the sea,
the Everglades' “exceptional variety of water habitats has made it a
sanctuary for a large number of birds and reptiles, including threatened
species such as the manatee,” UNESCO said in a news release. The site had
been threatened by urban growth and pollution, as well as by the damage
caused to Florida Bay in 1992 by Hurricane Andrew.
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The
Committee also welcomed the corrective measures taken by the Honduran
authorities to preserve the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, which was inscribed
on the World Heritage List in 1982 and on the Danger List in 1996. These
corrective measures were “destined to relieve the site – one of the few
remaining tropical rainforests in Central America, home to an abundant and
varied plant and wildlife – of encroachment by agriculture, timber trade and
hunting,” UNESCO said.
In
addition to reviewing the Danger List, the World Heritage Committee will examine
requests to inscribe three dozen new nature and culture sites on the World
Heritage List.
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