Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam inaugurated the first-ever Common Asian Leopard preserve zone in the federal capital's scenic Margalla Hills National Park Trail-6 that falls in Kalinjar area.
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PARIS, France, August 3, 2021 (ENS) – Sheltering endangered animals, birds and butterflies, giant trees, pristine waters – five natural sites are so precious to the world that they deserve the protection of World Heritage status, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee has decided. The five are now on the list, bringing the number of World Heritage natural sites to 218.
During its two-week-long 44th session that concluded Friday, held online and chaired by China from Fuzhou, the 21-country World Heritage Committee examined nominations submitted in 2020, when the session had to be postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in 2021.