World Heritage Designation Battle Continues

Ontario and Manitoba are defending the decision to commit more than $15-million to get UNESCO recognition for a large stretch of Boreal forest along the inter-provincial boundary.
Michelle Nowak of Ontario’s Natural Resources Department says the site could fill a gap in Boreal forest representation in the world heritage system.
Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger says having the forest designated a world heritage site will attract tourists to the remote area.
He says it will also make it easy to protect the area from development.
The attempt to get a stamp of approval from the United Nations agency has been in the works for almost a decade.
It has hit a snag as two advisory groups to UNESCO’s world heritage committee said there were problems with the bid and
recommended that the issue be deferred for at least a year.
The committee will consider that recommendation later this month.