World Heritage n°49 - World Heritage and Biodiversity

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

In Focus

World Heritage and the 2010 Biodiversity Target
The World Heritage Convention plays an important role in meeting the 2010 Biodiversity Target to significantly reduce the rate of biodiversity loss, among other ways through the safeguarding of habitats for threatened species and the contribution of serial and transboundary sites to establishing biological corridors.

IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species and their habitats at World Heritage sites Synergies between IUCN’s Red List and natural World Heritage sites, home to some of the most threatened species on Earth.

Towards a holistic vision of World Heritage The natural links between cultural and biological diversity represent a source of exchange, creativity and innovation that help to foster sustainable development.

Close-up

World Heritage Forest Programme – losing connectivity, losing integrity? Forests that enjoy protected status, including World Heritage Forests, face an increasingly isolated future as the drive to convert forests to farmland for food and biofuels accelerates.

Interview

Interview with Ahmed Djoglaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Advisory Bodies

World Heritage Biodiversity – Filling the Gaps
IUCN Gaps Analysis – where are the gaps in the World Heritage List for recognition of biodiversity sites?

Conventions

Convention on Migratory Species; Ramsar Convention on Wetlands; UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme

Preservation

Field trip points out needs; The Great Rift Valley Conservation Initiative: an African initiative; World Heritage and the Arctic; Revised methods for new needs; New challenges for World Heritage in Asia and the Pacific; Getting the nominations right for Africa; The Sundarbans – a site of devastation.

In Danger International help for Zabid preservation; Mounting pressure at Virunga National Park; Emergency operation to combat poaching in Salonga.

Outreach

Learning laboratories for sustainable development; Guides learn about World Heritage values of the Loire Valley; Asian countries embrace training programme for Cultural Heritage Specialist Guides; Journalism and World Heritage; Ceremonies for heritage; First Ibero-American meeting of Patrimonitos, Avila, Spain.

In Print and Online

A selection of books, brochures and publications, press articles and multimedia dedicated to World Heritage.

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