A Global Overview of Protected Areas on the World Heritage List of Particular Importance for Biodiversity

This working paper provides a global overview of the current coverage of existing World Heritage Sites of particular importance for the conservation of biodiversity, and suggests existing protected areas of significant biodiversity value, which may merit future World Heritage nomination. In 1996,...

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Source	https://resources.unep-wcmc.org/products/WCMC_RT351
Author	UNEP-WCMC
Maintainer	UNEP-WCMC
Last Updated	March 9, 2023, 14:17 (UTC)
Created	March 9, 2023, 12:16 (UTC)
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Issued	2023-03-09T01:01:29.162Z
Language	en
Modified	2023-03-09T01:01:29.162Z
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Publisher name	UNEP-WCMC
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citation	Smith, G. and Jakubowska, J. (2000) A Global Overview of Protected Areas on the World Heritage List of Particular Importance for Biodiversity. Cambridge, England, UK. Available from: https://resources.unep-wcmc.org/products/WCMC_RT351
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date_published	2000-11-01
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short_description	This overview identifies 141 natural and mixed World Heritage sites of particular importance for biodiversity. They represent 64 countries and over 142 million hectares of protected areas. It also identifies 94 existing protected areas (ranked according to increasing levels of biodiversity value), that may merit future World Heritage nomination.