Natural World Heritage sites include iconic places such as the Great Barrier Reef, Yellowstone, the Galápagos Islands and Kilimanjaro, and are recognised as the world's most significant protected areas.
Latest news
-
Paper showing damage to natural World Heritage wins international award
25.05.2017A study revealing the extent of damaging activities and forest loss in Natural World Heritage Sites, led by the University of Queensland with a team of international experts, has won one of the most prestigious international publishing awards.
-
IUCN recommends listing key habitats for species conservation as World Heritage
19.05.2017The advisory body on natural World Heritage, IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature, recommends World Heritage status for three sites nominated for their outstanding natural value. IUCN also recommends danger-listing for the Cerrado Protected...
-
Setting the WCPA agenda
28.04.2017The Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia (PNNC) hosted this year’s annual WCPA Steering Committee meeting in Cartagena, Colombia. The meeting was the first since Kathy MacKinnon was elected Chair and focused on the Commission’s achievements and...
Latest publications
-
Managing MIDAS : harmonising the management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas
Clamote Rodrigues, Diana, Schaaf, Thomas
Language: En
-
Earth's legacy : natural World Heritage = Legado de la tierra : patrimonio Mundial Natural
Badman, Tim, Bertzky, Bastian, Kormos, Cyril F., Mittermeier, Russell A.
Language: En , Language: Es
-
TABE'A II report : enhancing regional capacities for World Heritage
Abdulhalim, Haifaa, Abulhawa, Tarek, Cummings, Tricia, Osipova, Elena
Language: En
