MIGRATION SPECTACLE: One of Earth’s greatest wildlife miracles just got a World Heritage boost

Tony Carnie· Jul 27, 2026 · 10:15 PM UTC ·5 min read · 0 reactions · 0 comments · 2 views

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MIGRATION SPECTACLE One of Earth’s greatest wildlife miracles just got a World Heritage boost It’s now recognised as one of the world’s greatest animal migration miracles. Yet the more than six million antelope and other wildlife species that form part of the Great Nile Migration remain under serious threat – despite the weekend listing of this threatened landscape as South Sudan’s first World Heritage Site. A livestock herder in the Kassangor area which forms part of the Boma-Badingilo Migratory Landscape. (Photo: Marcus Westberg) “As South Sudan grows and develops, the region will inevitably see new infrastructure and investment – an understandable and necessary part of the country’s future.

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▪MIGRATION SPECTACLE One of Earth’s greatest wildlife miracles just got a World Heritage boost It’s now recognised as one of the world’s greatest animal migration miracles.
▪Yet the more than six million antelope and other wildlife species that form part of the Great Nile Migration remain under serious threat – despite the weekend listing of this threatened landscape as South Sudan’s first World Heritage Site.
▪A livestock herder in the Kassangor area which forms part of the Boma-Badingilo Migratory Landscape. (Photo: Marcus Westberg) “As South Sudan grows and develops, the region will inevitably see new infrastructure and investment – an understa

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MIGRATION SPECTACLE One of Earth’s greatest wildlife miracles just got a World Heritage boost It’s now recognised as one of the world’s greatest animal migration miracles. Yet the more than six million antelope and other wildlife species that form part of the Great Nile Migration remain under serious threat – despite the weekend listing of this threatened landscape as South Sudan’s first World Heritage Site. By Tony Carnie 27 Jul 2026 A massive herd of tiang antelope migrates through the newly listed World Heritage Site in South Sudan.

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