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The Atchafalaya Basin Proposal For Nomination To The World Heritage Site List, Mitchell W. Coffman
The Atchafalaya Basin Proposal For Nomination To The World Heritage Site List, Mitchell W. Coffman
LSU Master's Theses
The Atchafalaya Basin in the Southern United States is a cultural, environmental, historical and natural land region of such universal importance, designation as a World Heritage Site is appropriate. This thesis provides a justification for this designation through compliance with cultural and natural criteria detailed in the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage of 1972. The treaty, also known as the World Heritage Convention (WHC) promotes natural and cultural landscape preservation on an international level. This thesis lists the cultural and natural arguments for nominating the Atchafalaya Basin to the World Heritage Site list.
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