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J. Emmett Duffy
In 1972, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adopted the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. The purpose of the Convention is to "encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity." The Convention provides a mechanism by which member states can nominate important sites that are then evaluated by the World Heritage Committee. As of 2006, the World Heritage List includes 851 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value. These include 660 cultural, 166 natural and 25 mixed properties in 141 nations. As of October 2006, 184 States Parties have ratified the World Heritage Convention.
Two of the four criteria by which Natural World Heritage Sites can be nominated relate respectively to ecological and biological processes, and to the in-situ conservation of biological diversity. Accordingly, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the IUCN teamed with UNESCO to produce a separate sub-listing of all sites inscribed on the World Heritage List for natural or mixed natural and cultural reasons.
This Collection contains the descriptions of these sites, which are compiled and maintained by UNEP-WCMC on behalf of UNESCO.
Algeria
- Tassili N'Ajjer National Park
Argentina
Australia
Bangladesh Belarus/Poland Belize Bolivia Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Central African Republic China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire- Taï National Park
- Comoé National Park
Croatia Cuba Democratic Republic of Congo Denmark Dominica Ecuador Egypt Ethiopia France- Scandola Nature Reserve & Capes Girolata and Porto
France and Spain
Germany Greece Guatemala Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire- Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
Honduras- Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve
Hungary and Slovakia India Indonesia Italy Japan Kenya | Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Mauritania- Banc d'Arguin National Park
Mexico Mongolia Nepal New Zealand Niger- Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves
- 'W' National Park
Norway- West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord
Oman Panama Peru Philippines Portugal Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Seychelles Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Turkey Uganda United Kingdom United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Venezuela Vietnam Zambia/Zimbabwe Zimbabwe |
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United Nations Environment Programme-World Conservation M (Lead Author);J. Emmett Duffy (Topic Editor) "Natural World Heritage Sites (collection)". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth July 8, 2008; Last revised Date June 14, 2012; Retrieved May 19, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Natural_World_Heritage_Sites_(collection)>
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In 1972, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adopted the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. The purpose of the Convention is to "encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity." The Convention provides a mechanism by which member states can nominate important sites that are then evaluated by the World Heritage Committee. As of 2006, the World Heritage List includes 851 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value. These include 660 cultural, 166 natural and 25 mixed properties in 141 nations. As of October 2006, 184 States Parties have ratified the World Heritage Convention.
Two of the four criteria by which Natural World Heritage Sites can be nominated relate respectively to ecological and biological processes, and to the in-situ conservation of biological diversity. Accordingly, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the IUCN teamed with UNESCO to produce a separate sub-listing of all sites inscribed on the World Heritage List for natural or mixed natural and cultural reasons.
This Collection contains the descriptions of these sites, which are compiled and maintained by UNEP-WCMC on behalf of UNESCO.
Algeria
- Tassili N'Ajjer National Park
Argentina
Australia
Bangladesh Belarus/Poland Belize Bolivia Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Central African Republic China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire- Taï National Park
- Comoé National Park
Croatia Cuba Democratic Republic of Congo Denmark Dominica Ecuador Egypt Ethiopia France- Scandola Nature Reserve & Capes Girolata and Porto
France and Spain
Germany Greece Guatemala Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire- Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
Honduras- Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve
Hungary and Slovakia India Indonesia Italy Japan Kenya | Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Mauritania- Banc d'Arguin National Park
Mexico Mongolia Nepal New Zealand Niger- Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves
- 'W' National Park
Norway- West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord
Oman Panama Peru Philippines Portugal Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Seychelles Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Turkey Uganda United Kingdom United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Venezuela Vietnam Zambia/Zimbabwe Zimbabwe |
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