Wildlife center in south Japan eyes World Heritage listing

Wildlife center in south Japan eyes World Heritage listing

AMAMI, Japan - The renovated Amami Wildlife Conservation Center in Yamato on Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is one of the prefecture's candidate sites for UNESCO's World Natural Heritage designation. The picture of the Environment Ministry-owned center was taken in April 2014.

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