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Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp among new additions to join UNESCO’s World Heritage List - WXXV News 25

The designation recognizes the swamp’s biodiversity and 5,000-year environmental record as UNESCO expands its World Heritage List with sites in Asia and Africa.

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By  KIM TONG-HYUNG SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia, an ornate 13th-century Buddhist temple in Thailand and tidal flats in western South Korea were among several sites added to the World Heritage List on Saturday at a U.N. committee meeting in South Korea. The UNESCO meetings in Busan, which continue through next Wednesday, are reviewing dozens of other nominations, including the D-Day landing beaches in France, Mount O…

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