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An overhead view of the Great Barrier Reef.

Great Barrier Reef won't be listed as an endangered site just yet

The Great Barrier Reef will not be listed as a world heritage site in danger after consideration by the World Heritage...

A variety of coral in the Belize Barrier Reef

Belize Barrier Reef recovers and is removed from UNESCO 'In Danger' list

Thanks to a comprehensive conservation effort, the exceptionally diverse Belize Barrier Reef has recovered so much...

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Truck driver wipes out Peru's ancient Nazca Lines

The historic Nazca Lines of Peru have been damaged by the actions of an inconsiderate truck driver. The driver,...

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United Nations climate change cover-up sets off alarm bells

It should come as no surprise that Australia is feeling the effects of climate change as much as the rest of the...

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Five grass-covered shelters coming soon to a clifftop the dinosaurs roamed

The Clifftops Cove Holiday Park will occupy a former caravan park on the Jurassic Coast, on the Isle of Portland....

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Egypt hopes to build the world's first underwater museum in Alexandria

The Ministry of Antiquities in Egypt has been working towards the creation of an undersea museum around ancient...

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Enforma transformed a dark 19th-century stone villa in Montenegro into a modern light-filled residence

The architects left the original exterior features of the building intact and focused their attention on the interiorby...

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Destroyed Buddha statues in Afghanistan stand again thanks to holograms

[youtube =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDEk9rjM39c&w=537&h-302] An ancient land in an ancient corner...

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UNESCO announces winning design for the Bamiyan Cultural Center in Afghanistan

The proposal, entitled Descriptive Memory: The Eternal Presence of Absence, envisions a system of negative spaces...

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