Everglades back on endangered list
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August 1, 2010, Sunday
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A UNITED Nations panel has declared the Florida's Everglades to be an endangered World Heritage site due to the wetlands' continued degradation, officials said on Friday.
The wetlands' water inflows have fallen by up to 60 percent and pollution has produced excess plant growth and a decline in marine species, the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization said in Brasilia.
Agricultural and urban development have been the main reasons for the water woes.
It is the second time the Everglades National Park, a wetlands refuge for birds and reptiles and largest mangrove ecosystem in the western hemisphere, has been added to the List of World Heritage in Danger.
The Everglades, known for its sawgrass prairies and alligators, were first declared an endangered site in 1993 following Hurricane Andrew. It was removed only in 2007.
The wetlands' water inflows have fallen by up to 60 percent and pollution has produced excess plant growth and a decline in marine species, the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization said in Brasilia.
Agricultural and urban development have been the main reasons for the water woes.
It is the second time the Everglades National Park, a wetlands refuge for birds and reptiles and largest mangrove ecosystem in the western hemisphere, has been added to the List of World Heritage in Danger.
The Everglades, known for its sawgrass prairies and alligators, were first declared an endangered site in 1993 following Hurricane Andrew. It was removed only in 2007.
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