The United Nations body that oversees World Heritage Sites is approving a report that finds Wood Buffalo National Park's place on that list is in danger.
Researchers say yellowfin and bigeye tuna catches are on the rise outside a 1.5-million-square-kilometre marine protected area, proving the value of a no-catch zone.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to the world for help for cash-strapped Pakistan after arriving in the country on Friday, September 9, 2022, to see the climate-induced devastation from months of deadly record floods.
Kristen Burckhartt felt overwhelmed. She needed time to reflect, to let it sink in that she had just briefly soaked her feet in the water where Jesus is said to have been baptized, in the Jordan River.
A United Nations body that monitors some of the world's greatest natural glories is in Canada again to assess government responses to ongoing threats to the country's largest national park, including plans to release treated oilsands tailings into its watershed.
The United Nations culture agency, which was considering declaring Venice an imperiled world heritage site, on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, hailed Italy’s ban on big cruise ships in the heart of the lagoon city.
The status of Canada's largest park as a World Heritage Site remains wobbly after a United Nations body expressed grave doubts about a federal plan to rescue it.
A stretch of boreal forest along the Manitoba-Ontario boundary has won international recognition for its pristine environment and connection with Indigenous culture.