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Canadaâs largest national park is now so threatened by upstream development and divided governance that it likely meets the criteria to be placed on the list of World Heritage sites in danger.
UNESCO released the draft finding on Albertaâs Wood Buffalo National Park this week. The agency has been concerned about the park â the worldâs second-largest freshwater delta â since 2017, when it found 15 of 17 of the parksâ ecological benchmarks were deteriorating.
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Canada’s largest national park is now so threatened by upstream development and divided governance that it likely meets the criteria to be placed on the list of World Heritage sites in danger.
UNESCO released the draft finding on Alberta’s Wood Buffalo National Park this week. The agency has been concerned about the park the world’s second-largest freshwater delta since 2017, when it found 15 of 17 of the park’s ecological benchmarks were deteriorating.
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Share Mikisew Cree member Robert Grandjambe checks his nets on Lake Athabasca in Fort Chipewyan, Alta., located on the world s largest inland delta in Wood Buffalo National Park. The park may become listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Danger due to the impacts of the Alberta oilsands and major dams on the Peace River. Photo: Louis Bockner / Sierra Club BC
Leaks from toxic tailings ponds in the oilsands and dams on the Peace River in B.C. and Alberta are moving Canada’s largest national park closer to being placed on an international list of world heritage sites in danger, according to a report released Monday.