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 Marine Programme | Aldabra Atoll Archipiélago de Revillagigedo Area de Conservación Guanacaste Banc d'Arguin National Park Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves Cocos Island National Park Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection East Rennell Everglades National Park French Austral Lands and Seas Galápagos Islands Gough and Inaccessible Islands Great Barrier Reef Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago Heard and McDonald Islands High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture iSimangaliso Wetland Park Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek Komodo National Park Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems Lord Howe Island Group Macquarie Island Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands Ningaloo Coast Ogasawara Islands Papahānaumokuākea Península Valdés Phoenix Islands Protected Area Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park Rock Islands Southern Lagoon Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park Shark Bay, Western Australia Shiretoko Sian Ka'an Socotra Archipelago St Kilda Sundarbans National Park Surtsey The Sundarbans Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park Ujung Kulon National Park Wadden Sea West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino |
50 flagship marine protected areas of Outstanding Universal Value: Beacons of Hope In a Changing Ocean | Marine & coastal | 2024-07-09 | |
| 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 ... | Marine & coastal | 2024-05-13 | ||
| Facts & Figures: The Importance of UNESCO World Heritage Marine Sites for Global Biodiversity | The importance of UNESCO World Heritage Marine Sites for Global Biodiversity Facts & Figures © Adam Mitchell / Seychelles Island Foundation From the largest tropical seabird rookery to the ... | Marine & coastal | 2023-11-28 | ||
| Case study: Galapagos | Galápagos Islands | Situated in the Pacific Ocean some 1,000 km from the South American continent, these islands and the surrounding marine reserve have been called a unique 'living museum and showcase of evolution'. Located at the ... | Marine & coastal | 2022-06-27 | |
| Case study: Ujung Kulon | Ujung Kulon National Park | This national park, located in the extreme south-western tip of Java on the Sunda shelf, includes the Ujung Kulon peninsula and several offshore islands and encompasses the natural reserve of Krakatoa. In addition ... | Marine & coastal | 2022-06-27 | |
| Control and Eradication of Invasives Species:A Necessary Condition for Conserving Endemic Biodiversity of the ... | Galápagos Islands | The project was developed in response to the threats resulting from the introduction of alien species and is laying the foundations for the creation of a systematic approach to dealing with alien species in island ... | Marine & coastal | 2022-06-27 | |
| Preparatory assistance and technical support for the inscription, conservation and management of the Île de ... | Island of Saint-Louis | Senegal | The France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement, similar to the technical cooperation provided to the Town of Luang Prabang in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, has provided technical and financial support to national ... | Marine & coastal | 2022-06-27 |
| Shaping the future of climate adaptation through Resilient Reefs | Climate change is today the biggest threat to coral reefs. Under a business-as-usual scenario, nearly 90% of the 29 World Heritage-listed coral reefs are expected to severely bleach twice-per-decade by 2040. | Marine & coastal | 2024-04-23 | ||
| 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, ... | Marine & coastal | 2024-04-05 | ||
| World Heritage – Pacific 2009 Programme | Despite its extraordinary cultural and biological diversity and richness, the Pacific is the most under-represented sub-region on the World Heritage List. To redress this imbalance, World Heritage Global Strategy ... | Marine & coastal | 2022-06-27 | ||
| Climate Change Marine | Marine World Heritage in a Changing Climate © Climate change has become the biggest threat to the conservation of the 50 marine sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Some 70% of these sites are ... | Marine & coastal | 2023-10-18 | ||
| Marine heritage: Support to the Central Pacific project and support to the World Heritage marine programme | The France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement provided support to the valorisation of the Pacific Marine Heritage and support to the World Heritage Marine Programme. The “Marine heritage project: Central pacific”, on ... | Marine & coastal | 2022-06-27 | ||
| Marine Programme: World Heritage marine managers | World Heritage Marine Managers A flagship network empowered to transform how we protect Watch © The World Heritage List includes 50 marine sites across 37 nations. Local managers at these sites ... | Marine & coastal | 2024-07-09 | ||
| World Heritage in the High Seas | World Heritage in the High Seas The world’s ocean areas beyond national jurisdiction span half the globe. Just as on land, the deepest and most remote ocean areas harbour globally unique ecosystems. To date, none ... | Marine & coastal | 2022-06-27 | ||
| Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape Project | Cocos Island National Park Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection Galápagos Islands |
Colombia · Costa Rica · Ecuador · Panama | This 3-year project by UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Conservation International, and with financing from the UN Foundation and Global Conservation Fund, calls for the promotion of long-term management and ... | Marine & coastal | 2022-06-27 |