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| 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 | Conservation of Natural Sites Marine & coastal Natural |
2024-10-25 | |
| 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 | |||
| Promoting local development through heritage conservation and enhancement and tourism in the Island of Saint-Louis ... | Island of Saint-Louis | Senegal | After the World Heritage Committee warned in 2016 that the poor state of conservation of the property could lead to its inscription on the List of World Heritage in Danger, a number of local, national and ... | Environment & Resilience Prosperity & Livelihood |
2023-02-16 |