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Can World Heritage status save our natural and cultural wonders?
Sep 9 2008, Manoj J

The UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has recently added 27 new places with outstanding natural or cultural value from around the globe to its list of World Heritage Sites, increasing the number of such sites to 878 which include 174 natural, 67...

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