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Article: Canada Invites the World Heritage Committee to Send a Mission to Canada to Showcase Canadian Leadership in Conservation.
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- August 21, 2009
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OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Aug 21, 2009 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- The Honourable Jim Prentice, Canada's Environment Minister and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today announced that the Government of Canada has officially invited experts from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) to visit Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park World Heritage Site in September.
On June 26, the 21-member World Heritage Committee reviewed the state of conservation of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park World Heritage site, one of 177 sites reviewed at this year's meeting in Seville, Spain. The Committee unanimously ...