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Ancient Inca Road in Desperate Need of Protection

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-09/ci-air090903.php

A preliminary study of the ancient highland road that linked the Inca Empire from southern Colombia to Central Chile, found that only 5 percent of the 8,500 km route is under some form of protection, and large sections of it have been lost entirely.

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