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World Heritage status for Runanga’s historic workers’ hall could help put the West Coast town on the map, if the bureaucratic hurdles can be overcome.

Inspired by the pristine environment, rare wildlife and unique botanicals that Lord Howe Island has to offer, local Anthony Riddle created a brewing business to highlight the World Heritage site's special features.

The Great Barrier Reef has again been hit with "widespread" bleaching, authorities said Friday, as higher-than-average ocean temperatures off Australia's northeast threaten the already struggling World Heritage site. Surveillance flights over the reef revealed damage due to heat stress ranging from minor to severe bleaching across the 2,300-kilometre (1,243-mile) network…

Indigenous leaders in the World Heritage-listed Willandra Lakes Region are in dispute over federal government involvement in the re-burial of Mungo Man's 42,000-year-old human remains.

There are calls for the Queensland government to stop approving large, foreign-owned wind farm developments in the state's north, amid fears the area's flora and fauna could be devastated by land clearing.

Ukraine is home to seven World Heritage sites, including the 1,000-year-old St Sophia's Cathedral in Kyiv. Experts warn that the culturally significant sites are at risk of being damaged as Russian troops advance on Ukraine's capital.

Ukraine is a country with a vast cultural heritage. It is dotted with sites of profound historic, artistic and archaeological importance – from Unesco world heritage monuments such as the Cathedral of St Sophia in Kyiv to exquisite examples of Cossack baroque architecture. But this rich cultural history is now…

The federal government will sign off on a multi-million-dollar deal to bring power to townships living among the World Heritage-listed Daintree rainforest in Far North Queensland.

People come to Tasmania's remote south-west for different reasons, but as the state government continues to encourage tourism development in national parks, is the right balance being struck between development and conservation?