Posted on 05/27/2016 10:03:14 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The “World Heritage and Tourism in a Changing Climate” was released Thursday and lists 31 natural and cultural world heritage sites in 29 countries that are said to be vulnerable to climate change. Risks to iconic tourist sites such as the Statue of Liberty, Venice, Stonehenge and the Galapagos Islands are described in the report.
However, no sites in Australia, such as the famous Great Barrier Reef, are mentioned. News.com.au reports that the initial version of the report included references to the Great Barrier Reef as well as the Kakadu National Park and the Tasmanian Wilderness.
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The Australian Department of the Environment confirmed to News.com.au that it asked for references to Australia to be removed, citing a negative impact on tourism.
“Recent experience in Australia had shown that negative commentary about the status of world heritage properties impacted on tourism,” it said, in a statement. “The department was concerned that the framing of the report confused two issues — the world heritage status of the sites and risks arising from climate change and tourism.”
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U.S. sites listed in the U.N. report include the Statue of Liberty and Yellowstone National Park
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Stonehenge?
What on Earth could possibly ‘endanger’ a bunch of rocks.
All I want is a nice flat spot on one of them to spray paint my name onto.
The Aussies are full on Global Warming wankers. They just don’t want to deter tourism by allowing people to get misunderstood idea that the list of impacted heritage sites are already destroyed, so there’s no reason to go there.
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