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T1 A Global Overview of Protected Areas on the World Heritage List of Particular Importance for Biodiversity: A Contribution to the Global Theme Study of World Heritage Natural Sites
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 
K1 protected area
K1 site protection
K1 natural area protection
K1 environmental protection
K1 species conservation programme
K1 biodiversity
K1 environmental awareness
K1 environmental conservation
K1 environmental management
YR 2000
FD 2000-07
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/9543
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/9543
NO This working paper provides a global overview of the current coverage of existing World Heritage Sites of particular importance for the conservation of biodiversity, and suggests existing protected areas of significant biodiversity value, which may merit future World Heritage nomination. In 1996, lUCN initiated a project to prepare a global strategy for Natural World Heritage sites, and as part of this process began to prepare a series of thematic global overviews on World Heritage site coverage. This document is an updated addition to these theme studies. A total of 141 sites, representing 65 countries and over 142 million ha of protected areas were identified as being of particular importance for biodiversity.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 19, 2026