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Themes3.5.13 - Management and institutional factors close3.5.12 - Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species close3.5.10 - Climate change and severe weather eventsclose3.5.8 - Social/cultural uses of heritage close3.5.7 - Local conditions affecting the fabric close3.5.5 - Biological resource use/modification close3.5.4 - Pollution close3.5.3 - Utilities or service infrastructureclose3.2.5 - Deletion of a World Heritage property from the Listclose3.2.4 - List of World Heritage in Dangerclose3.2.3 - Reactive Monitoringclose3.2.2 - Periodic Reportingclose3.2.1 - Generalclose3.4 - Disaster risks managementclose3.2 - Monitoring close3.1 - Protection, conservation and management of World Heritage propertiesclose
3 - Policies Regarding CONSERVATION of World Heritage Properties
3.5 - Factors affecting properties
Synthesis based on relevant Committee decisions
At site-level, the World Heritage Committee recommends to monitor the impacts of global climate change and to develop adaptive management strategies and mitigation and adaptation measures to ensure the long-term protection of the Outstanding Universal Value of the properties in response to climate and other environmental change (based on Case law further to decisions on the State of Conservation).
At site-level, the World Heritage Committee recommends to monitor the impacts of global climate change and to develop adaptive management strategies and mitigation and adaptation measures to ensure the long-term protection of the Outstanding Universal Value of the properties in response to climate and other environmental change (based on Case law further to decisions on the State of Conservation).
Theme: | 3.5.10 - Climate change and severe weather events |
See for examples Decisions: | 33 COM 7B.23 33 COM 7B.11 33 COM 7B.7 34 COM 7B.14 35 COM 7B.22 36 COM 7B.4 37 COM 7B.14 38 COM 7A.29 |
Threats: | Changes to oceanic waters Desertification Drought Flooding Other climate change impacts Storms Temperature change |
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3.5.7 - Local conditions affecting the fabric
3.5.8 - Social/cultural uses of heritage
3.5.10 - Climate change and severe weather events
3.2.1 - General
3.5.3 - Utilities or service infrastructure
3.5.4 - Pollution
3.5.5 - Biological resource use/modification
3.5.7 - Local conditions affecting the fabric
3.5.8 - Social/cultural uses of heritage
3.5.10 - Climate change and severe weather events
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