Western Ghats World Heritage Site

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  3 World Heritage Sites Face Threat From Harmful Activity: World Wildlife Fund

  India's three major natural World Heritage Sites - the Western Ghats, Sundarbans National Park and Manas Wildlife Sanctuary - are facing threats from harmful industrial activities like mining, according to a latest survey by World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

• Kerala planning unique botanical garden in Western Ghats

  The Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) is working out a plan to set up a unique botanical garden to showcase the flora and fauna found abundantly in the Kerala sector of the Western Ghats.

• Kerala welcomes UNESCO's decision to give Western Ghats 'World Heritage' status

  Kerala has welcomed UNESCO's decision to give Western Ghats a World Heritage status. The state leads with 20 sites being inscribed in the Heritage list.

• Karnataka government defers taking decision on heritage tag to 10 locations

  The Karnataka government on Friday deferred taking any decision on UNESCO declaring 10 locations of Western Ghats in the state as heritage spots.

• Karnataka opposes decision to include Western Ghats in the 'World Heritage' sites list

  Karnataka government today said a final decision would be taken in the next cabinet meeting over UNESCO's decision to include the Western Ghats in the list of World Heritage sites.

• UN designates Western Ghats as world heritage site

  India's 1600-km long Western Ghats mountain chain, which has forests older than the Himalaya mountains, has been added to list of world heritage sites by the United Nations. The Western Ghats mountain chain is recognised as one of the world's eight "hottest hotspots" of biological diversity.