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  1. Corporate groundwater extraction from the World Heritage-listed Gondwana rainforest

    "The rainforest dates back 50 million years and is linked to fossil flora that once grew in Patagonia and Antarctica."

    The" "unmonitored and unregulated" commercial extraction or "water mining" at Springbrook National Park was having a "virtually unknown" impact on the sensitive ecosystem...The extraction of water from underground aquifers could threaten the region's ancient Gondwana rainforests, with regulation "urgently required".
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    abc.net.au/news/2026-02-05/wat
    #rainforest #Gondwana #water #WaterMining #extractivism #regulation #WorldHeritage #biodiversity

  2. Derbent: What Persia Left Behind
    Directed by Pejman Akbarzadeh

    Registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the 6th-century Derbent / Darband fortification complex is considered the largest defensive structure of Persia's Sasanian dynasty in the Caucasus. It is now located in the Republic of Dagestan, the southernmost tip of Russia. ( www.DerbentOnline.com )

    youtube.com/watch?v=UiqTT3Tbog

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #archeology #sasanian #unescoworldheritage #derbent #worldheritage

  3. A nice Sunday read about the Euphoria Retreat located besides the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Mystras, an important Byzantine landmark in Greece.

    On the Deca Architecture website their project is explained with beautiful pictures, design and concept choices, including images of the construction of this stunning looking spa.

    deca.gr/project/euphoria/

    #sundayart #sundayread #silentsunday #architecture #mystras #unesco #worldheritage #catacomb #sparta #cypress #spherical #space #byzantine #well

  4. @[email protected]

    Beim #FotoVorschlag Wahrzeichen/Sehenswürdigkeiten darf diese Ikone der Industriekultur und #Ankerpunkt der Europäischen Route der Industriekultur nicht fehlen!

    Zeche #Zollverein in #Essen

    Im Bild die ehemalige Werkszufahrt und Zechengebäude mit dem charakteristischen und auch als Eiffelturm des Ruhrgebiets bekannten 55 m hohen Doppelbock-Fördergerüst von Schacht 12

    #photography #fotografie #worldheritage #UNESCO #Welterbe #Architekturdenkmal