Environment News Service: Of all the world`s unique natural areas threatened by logging, poaching, dam development and gillnet fishing, the International Union for Conservation of Nature is advising the UNESCO World Heritage Committee to place five of them on the List of Heritage in Danger.
"When pressures on the planet's outstanding natural sites exceed the strong protection expected under the World Heritage Convention, additional action is needed," says Tim Badman, director of IUCN's World Heritage Programme. "The Danger...