(MENAFN- Swissinfo) The ancient beech forests on the Bettlachstock in the Solothurn Jura and in the Val di Lodano in Ticino are now World Heritage sites.
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スイスのブナ林、世界自然遺産に追加
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Hayedos suizos en la Lista del Patrimonio Mundial
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Florestas de faia suíças são agora Patrimônio Mundial da Humanidade
UNESCO, the UN's Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, included them along with nine other forests in Europe in the list of“Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe”.
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“The extension […] adds to the outstanding universal value and integrity of the property, which now comprises 94 component parts across 18 countries,” UNESCO said in a statementExternal link on Wednesday.
“The extended property represents an outstanding example of relatively undisturbed, complex temperate forests and exhibits a wide spectrum of comprehensive ecological patterns and processes of pure and mixed stands of European beech across a variety of environmental conditions.”
The forested Bettlachstock (left), next to it the cliffs of the Wandflue in the Solothurn Jura. SRF
Solothurn's Bettlachstock has been a cantonal nature reserve for 35 years, where natural development is left largely undisturbed. The oldest trees go back more than 200 years. In Ticino, the beech forests in question are located in tributaries of the Maggia Valley.
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