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Plan shrink World Heritage forest Tasmania 'clearly inappropriate' says IUCN

2014-05-27 17:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has roundly criticized Australia's proposal to remove 74,000 hectares of temperate rainforest from the World Heritage Committee. In a report to the global organization, the IUCN argues that the removal of these forests would "impact negatively" on the site's overall value. The 74,000 hectares in question were just added to the World Heritage site last year as a part of a landmark agreement between environmentalists and logging companies,...

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