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Environment
Farid Farid

UNBELIEVABLE: Unesco slams warragamba dam wall plan - Caught on Camera

NSW proposed raising the Warragamba Dam wall to mitigate flooding risks in the Hawkesbury Valley. (AAP)

UNESCO has lambasted a proposal to raise Sydney's Warragamba Dam wall by at least 14 metres, amid fears it could worsen bushfire impacts and jeopardise the Blue Mountains National Park's World Heritage status.

The UNESCO World Heritage Centre wrote to the federal government in January outlining its concerns about the dam's environmental impact statement.

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