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State News “New Wave of UNESCO World Heritage Sites Proposed” - By Carol W. LaGrasse (PRFA Position Brief, June 2007) This spring, the National Park Service announced that 36 locations in the United States have been proposed for UNESCO World Heritage Sites, adding to the twenty that already are designated in this country. Such international recognition potentially threatens private property rights because preservationists could exploit the designation to stop the use of land in the region just beyond a site’s borders. More on this topic: Biosphere Reserves & World Heritage Sites “Existing and Tentative U. N. World Heritage Sites in the United States”-reprinted from Positions on Property, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Nov. 1998) (Jump to Louisiana information) More on this topic: Biosphere Reserves & World Heritage Sites “Existing National Heritage Areas and Areas Under Federal Study” Complete List - June 1997 (PRFA, June 1997) Louisiana: Cane River National Heritage Area Mississippi River Corridor Study Lower Mississippi Delta Region Heritage Area Study More on this topic: Heritage Rivers and Areas

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