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Originally Posted by khabibulin
For example, the the Rocky Mountain Parks in Alberta and BC have a world heritage site designation and there is the town of Banff in the middle of it!
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Banff is very environmentally responsible to maintain that designation. It can be lost; two places in Germany lost it about a year ago.
The reason that part of the Boreal is being considered is because it is unblemished. Except for some First Nations and limited forestry activity, it's very much intact. Building high voltage corridors (not just the one in Manitoba but the one connecting Manitoba to Toronto) will disrupt the environment.
I'm not really sure what benefits aside from bragging rights come from the UNESCO designation though.
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