Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp among new additions to join UNESCO's World Heritage List
SEOUL, South Korea — The Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia, an ornate 13th-century Buddhist temple in Thailand and tidal flats in western South Korea were among several sites added to the World Heritage List on Saturday at a U.N. committee meeting in South Korea. The UNESCO meetings in Busan, which continue through next Wednesday, are reviewing dozens of other nominations, including the D-Day landing beaches in France, Mount Olympus in Greece and the ancient Japanese capitals of Asuka-Fujiwara. The Okefenokee Swamp boasts impressive biodiversity The Okefenokee Swamp is regarded as one of the world’s largest freshwater ecosystems, encompassing a vast network of wetlands that supports exceptional biodiversity and serves as the source of two major rivers.
- ▪SEOUL, South Korea — The Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia, an ornate 13th-century Buddhist temple in Thailand and tidal flats in western South Korea were among several sites added to the World Heritage List on Saturday at a U.N. committee meetin
- ▪The UNESCO meetings in Busan, which continue through next Wednesday, are reviewing dozens of other nominations, including the D-Day landing beaches in France, Mount Olympus in Greece and the ancient Japanese capitals of Asuka-Fujiwara.
- ▪The Okefenokee Swamp boasts impressive biodiversity The Okefenokee Swamp is regarded as one of the world’s largest freshwater ecosystems, encompassing a vast network of wetlands that supports exceptional biodiversity and serves as the sourc
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- ▪ Uttar Pradesh: Sarnath Added To UNESCO World Heritage List, Becomes State's Fourth Heritage Site — Free Press Journal
- ▪ Sarnath joins Unesco World Heritage list — Times of India — Top
- ▪ Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp among new additions to join UNESCO’s World Heritage List - AP News — Google News
- ▪ Georgia’s Okefenokee swamp becomes UNESCO World Heritage site — National
- ▪ Six ancient medinas in Comoros join UNESCO's World Heritage list — Africanews
- ▪ Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp among new additions to join UNESCO's World Heritage List — ABC News — International
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SEOUL, South Korea — The Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia, an ornate 13th-century Buddhist temple in Thailand and tidal flats in western South Korea were among several sites added to the World Heritage List on Saturday at a U.N. committee meeting in South Korea. The UNESCO meetings in Busan, which continue through next Wednesday, are reviewing dozens of other nominations, including the D-Day landing beaches in France, Mount Olympus in Greece and the ancient Japanese capitals of Asuka-Fujiwara. The Okefenokee Swamp boasts impressive biodiversity The Okefenokee Swamp is regarded as one of the world’s largest freshwater ecosystems, encompassing a vast network of wetlands that supports exceptional biodiversity and serves as the source of two major rivers.
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