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Themes3.5.12 - Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species close3.5.11 - Sudden ecological or geological events close3.5.9 - Other human activities close3.5.6 - Physical resource extractionclose3.5.3 - Utilities or service infrastructureclose3.5.2 - Transportation infrastructureclose3.2.5 - Deletion of a World Heritage property from the Listclose3.2.3 - Reactive Monitoringclose3.2 - Monitoring close3.1 - Protection, conservation and management of World Heritage propertiesclose
3 - Policies Regarding CONSERVATION of World Heritage Properties
3.5 - Factors affecting properties
“[The World Heritage Committee] notes with concern the significant and continued threat posed by invasive alien species to natural World Heritage properties, [and] strongly encourages States Parties to develop adequately resourced strategies to eradicate invasive species that emphasize prevention and early warning and rapid response in World Heritage properties, and also calls on the international community to support invasive species eradication campaigns in affected properties.”
Theme: | 3.5.12 - Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species |
Decision: | 39 COM 7 41 COM 7 |
Threats: | Hyper-abundant species Invasive / alien freshwater species Invasive / alien marine species Invasive/alien terrestrial species Modified genetic material Translocated species |
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