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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 |
2023-05-16 | |
| 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 |
2023-09-13 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Building climate change resilience and adaptation of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (Belize) | Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System | Belize | The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System is facing multiple impacts of climate change such as coral bleaching, more severe storms, and rising sea levels. The Resilient Reefs Initiative is focused on building Belize’s ... | Climate Change Environment & Resilience |
2023-07-12 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
2023-09-12 | ||
| Blue Carbon and UNESCO Marine World Heritage | Blue carbon ecosystems include seagrass meadows, tidal marshes and mangroves. They are among the most intensive carbon sinks in the biosphere and play a central role in climate mitigation. | 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 ... | Climate Change Marine & coastal |
2023-06-13 | ||
| Marine Programme: State of Conservation Reporting | Marine Programme: State of Conservation Reporting © World Heritage status signifies that a place is unique and irreplaceable. But the recognition comes with responsibilities. As a ... | Additional Natural Categories | 2022-06-27 | ||
| Ocean Science Roadmap for UNESCO Marine World Heritage | Ocean Science Roadmapfor UNESCO Marine World Heritage In the context of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021 – 2030). © Shane ... | 2022-06-27 | |||
| Youth from Caribbean SIDS and Central American give focus on Marine Biodiversity & Climate Change | Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection | Barbados · Belize · Costa Rica · Cuba · Dominica · Dominican Republic · El Salvador · Guatemala · Honduras · Jamaica · Mexico · Panama · Saint Lucia · Suriname | The World Heritage Youth Project on Marine Biodiversity & Climate Change, held from 25th to 29th of January 2016 in Panama at the World Heritage site of Coiba National Park and its special zone of marine ... | Education & Training | 2022-06-27 |