Galapagos Islands withdrawn from endangered list
The Galapagos Islands has been withdrawn from a list of endangered world heritage sites by a UN panel.
The World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) took the decision at a meeting in Brazil’s capital Brasilia.
The archipelago of volcanic islands off the Pacific coast of Ecuador had been on the World Heritage in Danger list since 2007. A growing local population, fishing, and tourism had put pressure on natural resources there.
But the committee voted 15 to 4 in favour of Brazil’s recommendation to withdraw the islands from the list, saying Ecuador had made progress in recent years....
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The World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) took the decision at a meeting in Brazil’s capital Brasilia.
The archipelago of volcanic islands off the Pacific coast of Ecuador had been on the World Heritage in Danger list since 2007. A growing local population, fishing, and tourism had put pressure on natural resources there.
But the committee voted 15 to 4 in favour of Brazil’s recommendation to withdraw the islands from the list, saying Ecuador had made progress in recent years....