to be national parks and many residents worry about their livelihoods the solution is to involve them more in wildlife protection one example the endangered mountain gorillas in the wonders volcanoes national park the tourism they generate can benefit the local communities as well as the environment. that you think every damn placid includes in zack takes tourists around the volcanoes national park it covers 160 square kilometers and it's the oldest conservation area in africa. it's home to invest range of species including some that are considered to be in danger of extinction such as they called in monkey. there's more any other place you find these monkeys apart from the southwest of wonder where you find a different species of monkeys but here in of o'connell's or only you find god in monkeys so that's why the hobbit went to the monkeys many people don't know that you can have it with you there these monkeys are not shy and don't seem to mind being stared at each group of visitors is allowed to spend one hour of serving them they leave in the past tense forests and like to eat bumble leaves and shoots the trouble is people illegally come into the park and cut down trees cut ta

at the center of iceland's unesco nomination the national park includes europe's largest as well as 10 active volcanoes unesco nomination would also be a political statement the glacier is rapidly shrinking due to climate change. politics of a different kind could impact russia's bid for recognition of the historic center to scoff one of the oldest cities in russia the russian cultural ministry has warned us go it would not be fair or right if bischoff was not included among this year's selections. are joined by the all for about reports rocks for a. unesco willed heritage site sounds impression presses but they really mean anything does it matter if a site gets picked well it can yeah i mean there is a legal connection to this as well if a psych is recognized as the world heritage site it gives it legal protection also under the geneva convention so cannot be destroyed even in an act of war so there's that but also it can also have another effect in sort of revive a site i mean there's a great example. of the ancient city in the southern italy it's where the residents live in these caves in the mounta

significance iceland's joe cole national park has been picked for its stunning natural beauty and geothermal activity the area covers 14 percent of the country and includes volcanoes melting glaciers and explosive craters and china also gained a listing its migratory bird sanctuaries in the eastern jan su province the interim title wetlands contains 3 ecological systems and is home to 33 endangered species well 3 years ago another iraqi site was added to the world heritage lists but the people living in the marshlands of southern iraq the marsh arabs say their new status has not improved their livelihoods charles stratford reports the government's negligence and climate change add to their daily struggle. the sun rises over the marshes of southern iraq what did region fade by the tigris and euphrates rivers. to people as far back as the syrians more than 5000 years ago. in the early 1990 s. saddam hussein ordered troops to drain most of the area as punishment for a tribal uprising against him around 75 percent of the 250000 people known as the marsh arabs fled. when the dictator was toppled in 2003 many returned and demolished the dams that have deprived their hom

iceland's advantage or cool national park has been picked for its stunning natural beauty and geo thermal activity varia covers some 14 percent of the country and includes volcanoes melting glaciers ants examples of craters that china has also gained listing its migratory bird sanctuaries in the eastern province of john's suit listed there they insert a wetlands contains 3 ecological systems and is home to 33 endangered species there are as i'm as a professor of history and anthropology at shawnee state university in the u.s. state of ohio here explains why it took so long for unesco to i babble on to the world heritage list. as a society. typically in the seventy's and eighty's a lot of reconstruction had been had done to the side as part of you know trying to reenact it or recreate its original shape so a lot of what we see in babylon busy at today is not the actual original archaeological component but you know reconstructing parts but there's another aspect here in that you know iraq in general and cultural heritage sites like pablum suffered terribly in the last few years as a result of the ongoing conflicts in the region and the rise of isis and so it's a f

significance iceland's joe cole national park has been picked for its stunning natural beauty and geothermal activity the area covers 14 percent of the country and includes volcanoes melting glaciers and explosive craters and china also gained a listing its migratory bird sanctuaries in the eastern jan su province the interim title wetlands contains 3 ecological systems and is home to 33 endangered species well 3 years ago another iraqi site was added to the world heritage lists but the people living in the marshlands of southern iraq the marsh arabs say their new status has not improved their livelihoods charles stratford reports government negligence and climate change add to their daily struggle. the sun rises over the marshes of suddenly rock what did region fade by the tigris and euphrates rivers. to people as far back as the syrians more than 5000 years ago. in the early 1990 s. saddam hussein ordered troops to drain most of the area as punishment for a tribal uprising against him around 75 percent of the 250000 people known as the marsh arabs fled. when the dictator was toppled in 2003 many returned to demolish the dams that had deprived their homeland of w

iceland's via the joe cool national park has been picked for it's something that will be easy as geothermal activity know the area covers 14 percent of the country and includes volcanoes melting glaziers and explosive craters and china has also gained a listing for its microsurgery bird sanctuaries in the eastern province of jones to the intertie the wetlands contains 3 ecological systems and is home to some 33 endangered species well let's get more on this now from. easy professor of history and anthropology at shawnee state university and is kind of to join us by skype from athens in the u.s. state of ohio thanks so much for talking to us here on al-jazeera the 1st of all iraq has been law being for babel won't be recognized for decades why has it taken so long and why does it need lobbying in the 1st place. i think there are a number of reasons to put on this one in terms of the criteria that you ask oh busy past years in order to have put aside all the. slate is sent over so there's a guy that the historical importance of bought along but i think also as a site of the typically in the seventy's and eighty's a lot of reconstruction had been done to the side as part