UNESCO gives Canada new deadline to preserve Wood Buffalo National Park | CBC News
A United Nations body has given Canada a new deadline to repair
the country’s largest national park and the government is promising
greater efforts to stop its deterioration.
the country’s largest national park and the government is promising
greater efforts to stop its deterioration.
At a meeting this week
in Baku, Azerbaijan, UNESCO praised Canada for measures it has taken to
stop the toll that industrial development and climate change have taken
on the Wood Buffalo National Park World Heritage Site.
But it said
the park’s status could be endangered because of impacts from hydro
development in British Columbia and dozens of oilsands projects in
Alberta — including one planned for 30 kilometres from the park.