The World Heritage Centre is at the forefront of the international community’s efforts to protect and preserve.
| Title | Sites | State Parties | Description | Category | Date updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Heritage and Biodiversity | Biological diversity underpins ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services essential for human well-being. World Heritage properties are the most outstanding places on the planet and constitute a ... | Conservation of Natural Sites Natural |
2024-03-11 | ||
| Natural World Heritage | The World Heritage Convention is one of the most successful international instruments to protect the most extraordinary natural places on the planet, characterized by their natural beauty or outstanding ... | Climate Change Conservation of Natural Sites Disaster Risk Reduction Forests Marine & coastal Natural Peace & Security Sustainable Development |
2024-05-13 | ||
| Environmental DNA Expeditions in UNESCO World Heritage marine sites | Environmental DNA Expeditions is a global, citizen science initiative that will help measure marine biodiversity, and the impacts climate change might have on the distribution patterns of marine life, across UNESCO ... | 2022-11-25 | |||
| Rapid Response Facility (RRF) | Area de Conservación Guanacaste Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks Chitwan National Park Comoé National Park Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex Galápagos Islands Garamba National Park Gough and Inaccessible Islands Kahuzi-Biega National Park Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary Manas Wildlife Sanctuary Manú National Park Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve Niokolo-Koba National Park Okapi Wildlife Reserve Pantanal Conservation Area Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park Salonga National Park Sangha Trinational Selous Game Reserve Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains Taï National Park Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park Tikal National Park Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra Virunga National Park W-Arly-Pendjari Complex |
Argentina · Belize · Benin · Brazil · Cambodia · Cameroon · Chad · China · Colombia · Congo · Costa Rica · Côte d'Ivoire · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Ecuador · Egypt · Ethiopia · Guatemala · India · Indonesia · Kenya · Nepal · Panama · Peru · Romania · Rwanda · Senegal · Thailand · Uganda · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · United Republic of Tanzania · Viet Nam | Rapid Response Facility (RRF) © Oreades The Rapid Response Facility (RRF) is a fund that provides grants to protected areas in the event of a sudden crisis. We mainly finance initiatives aimed at ... | Conservation of Natural Sites | 2022-06-27 |
| We are all Futurekeepers | Natural World Heritage sites are the planet’s most precious gifts to humanity. But our work across these 257 sites is not simply about protecting and preserving some of the world’s most beautiful locations, ... | Climate Change Disaster Risk Reduction Forests Marine & coastal Modern Heritage Natural Partnerships |
2024-04-05 |