It’s decision time for the Okefenokee Swamp’s proposed World Heritage designation

By: Ross Williams

Outlets: Georgia Recorder

Published: July 22, 2026

Words: 1,009

Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

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Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp could soon be elevated to the same level as Yellowstone National Park, the fjords of Norway or Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s World Heritage Committee is meeting this week in Busan, South Korea, with an agenda that includes deciding whether to add the 400,000-acre Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge to its list of World Heritage sites.

Established in 1972, the list is intended to aid “in …

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