by Mariëtte Le Roux Mining, oil exploration, illegal logging and other industries threaten almost half the natural World Heritage Sites the UN seeks to preserve for future generations, conservation group WWF said Wednesday. The 114 threatened sites provide food, water, shelter and medicine to over 11 million people — more than the population of Portugal, according to a WWF-commissioned report. “Despite the obvious benefits of these natural areas, we still haven’t managed to decouple economic […]