A UN panel has voted to remove the Galapagos Islands from its list of precious sites endangered by environmental threats or overuse. Unesco's World Heritage Committee backed a Brazilian recommendation to withdraw the islands from the list, saying the Ecuadorian government had made significant progress addressing threats to its island. But the move was criticised by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which said there was "still work to be done". The Galapagos - the chain of volcanic islands whose unique bird and animal life influenced Charles Darwin's evolutionary theories - were declared the first World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1978. But they were added to the committee's "red list" of endangered sites in 2007, amid concerns about a booming population and tourism, overfishing and the introduction of invasive species. Read Full Story...
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