Guardian: Unesco has unanimously rejected a feeble Australian government bid to reopen 74,000 hectares of Tasmanias world heritage area to logging.
At its annual meeting in Doha, the Unesco World Heritage Committee said the Australian government had failed to provide compelling evidence that areas added to the site only last year were detracting from the overall value of the area.
No committee members defended the Australian cause as the proposal was discarded in less than ten minutes. Portugals...