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13 Mar 2017
New conservation guidelines for Buddha birthplace
New recommendations have been laid out for Lumbini – the birthplace of Lord Buddha – following efforts by Unesco to strengthen conservation and management of the World Heritage site. According to Buddhist tradition, Siddhartha Gautama – who would go on to found the religion as Gautama Buddha – was born at
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13 Mar 2017
China's government outlines plan for panda national park
China’s government has announced plans to create a 27,000sq km (10sq mi) national park for its treasured pandas – a move which will uproot at least 172,000 people. The plans were first unveiled in August last year, with officials from the provinces of Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi working together to help the
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12 Mar 2017
European Zoo Educators Conference comes to Paris
Delegates are heading to Paris ahead of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria’s (EAZA) European Zoo Educators Conference (EZE), which kicks off in the French capital tomorrow (13 March) at Parc Zoologique De Paris. With this year’s theme being 'Diverse tools to engage audiences with nature: How creative
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10 Mar 2017
Bradford's National Media Museum rebrands with new focus on science
The National Media Museum in Bradford, UK, is changing its name as part of a major revamp to demonstrate a new focus on science. The newly-named National Science and Media Museum (NSMM) will now focus on the science behind the still and moving image. The museum suffered a blow last year, when it was
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10 Mar 2017
Park Board votes unanimously to ban cetacean captivity at Vancouver Aquarium
The Vancouver Park Board’s long-running debate on cetacean captivity has seemingly been brought to its conclusion after the body voted unanimously to end the practice of keeping whales, dolphins and porpoises at Vancouver Aquarium. A previous ruling by the Park Board banning the breeding of captive cetaceans
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09 Mar 2017
AZA speaks out after poachers kill captive white rhino for horn
The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) has condemned the actions of poachers who broke into a zoo just outside of Paris and killed a white rhino for its horn. The rhino horn which was taken in the French attack at Thoiry Zoo, could be worth as much as £35,000 (US$42,000, €40,000) when sold illegally on
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09 Mar 2017
Nearly 8 million visit Shanghai Disneyland since opening
Business is booming at Shanghai Disneyland with the landmark attraction welcoming nearly 8 million visitors since it opened its doors last summer. The park, which opened on 17 June last year, enjoyed a strong start to life as a visitor attraction, with Disney reporting 95 per cent occupancy rates and visitors
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09 Mar 2017
Miami's SkyRise unveils feature attraction with Skyway observation pods
The team behind Miami’s upcoming US$430m (€407m, £354m) SkyRise entertainment complex has released new plans for the building’s main attraction – rotating observation pods at the tower’s 1,000ft (304m) peak. Dubbed “Skyway”, cabins will be similar to Merlin’s ‘Eye’ giant wheel attractions, with the 20 pods
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08 Mar 2017
CHF100m Heidi attraction to boost Swiss tourism
CHF100m (US$98.6m, €93.4m, £81m) will be invested into the Swiss town of St Gallen to create a new Heidi visitor attraction, with the theme park based on the famous 1881 story by Johanna Spyri to open its doors in 2020. Construction firm Implenia Schweiz AG will oversee the development, dubbed Heidi
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08 Mar 2017
Plans underway in Moscow for Europe's largest observation wheel
A giant observation wheel is coming to Moscow, Russia, with the mammoth structure set to overtake the London Eye in terms of size and stature, becoming the largest in Europe. The Giant Wheel visitor attraction is engineered and manufactured by Intamin, the company that created the same landmark for Orlando,
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