
UNESCO awards Black Country special Global Geopark status
The Black Country has been awarded UNESCO Global Geopark status, joining the Cliffs of Fundy in Canada, the French wine region of Beaujolais and Vietnam’s Dak Nong, and only seven other Geoparks in the United Kingdom including the Scottish Highlands. Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton in the the Black Country have received a status boost…