Vivienne DunstanJul 26, 2024
Scotland's Flow Country wins Unesco world heritage listing https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2gz1p2v12o #FlowCountry #Scotland #unesco #WorldHeritageStatus #Environment #Caithness #Sutherland #ecosystems #ecology #Bogs #BlanketBogs #Nature #Wetlands #Peat #PeatBog #Wildlife #Plants #ClimateChange #CarbonCapture #Landscape
Scotland's Flow Country wins Unesco world heritage listing

After an almost 40-year campaign, a little-known UK landscape has been awarded world heritage status.

BBC News
Khurram Wadee ✅Jul 30, 2021

#UK cultural #landmarks may lose #WorldHeritageStatus, says #Unesco chief | #Heritage | The Guardian

Not really surprising. The #Tories are philistines and cultural vandals.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/jul/30/uk-cultural-landmarks-may-lose-world-heritage-status-says-unesco-chief-stonehenge

#Culture

UK cultural landmarks may lose world heritage status, says Unesco chief

Exclusive: UN body warns ministers they must do more to protect Britain’s historic sites

Khurram Wadee ✅Jul 28, 2021

‘No parallels’: 2,300-year-old #solar #observatory awarded #Unesco #WorldHeritageStatus | #Peru | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/28/chankillo-oldest-solar-observatory-in-the-americas-awarded-unesco-world-heritage-status

#SouthAmerica #Culture #History #Heritage #Archaeology

‘No parallels’: 2,300-year-old solar observatory awarded Unesco world heritage status

Chankillo in Peru features 13 stone towers built in 250 to 200 BC that functioned as a calendar by marking the rising and setting arcs of the sun