World Heritage Committee takes ten minutes to reject Australia's bid to strip forests of protection

Mongabay
By Jeremy HanceJun 23, 2014, 4:05 pm105 pts
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee today unanimously rejected a controversial proposal by the Australian government to strip 74,000 hectares of temperate rainforest from a World Heritage Site in Tasmania. In an embarrassing setback for the Australia government, it took the committee less than ten minutes to…

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