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Conservation Outlook of Western Ghats Grim: IUCN Report

  • The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Heritage Outlook 3 published recently, builds on previous reports from 2014 and 2017 to track whether the conservation of the World’s 252 natural world heritage sites is sufficient to protect them in the long term.
  • According to the 2020 report, the conservation outlook of the mountain chain of the Western Ghats, one of the world’s eight hottest hot spots of biological diversity, is of significant concern.
  • India's iconic Western Ghats, was inscribed by UNESCO in 2012 as a natural world heritage site.
  • Population pressure, urbanization, ....
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