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Arcipelago Toscano national park is one of two new Italian green-list sites. Its seven Mediterranean islands are rich with endemic flowers. Photograph: Archivio Parco Nazionale Arcipelago Toscano/IUCN
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The IUCN’s green list of protected and conserved areas is less well known than its red list of threatened species. But this week, 10 more sites – in Switzerland, France and Italy – achieved green list status, bringing the total to 59 sites in 16 countries. Contamines-Montjoie national nature reserve near Mont Blanc was among seven added in France, increasing the country’s sites to 22, the highest number in the world.

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