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IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2 - A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites
… ecosystems and species, support livelihoods, contribute to climate stability and buffer against natural hazards. And … in an increasing number of natural World Heritage sites. Climate change is the fastest growing threat to natural World …
IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2014: A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites
… most serious current issues. Among the potential threats, climate change is assessed as by far the most serious, followed by … 37 Other biological resource use Commercial hunting 37 CLIMATE CHANGE AND SEVERE WEATHER 35 Temperature changes 20 …
Introduction to the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
… development Fisheries Invasive alien species Climate change 3. Definition of marine biodiversity 4. The … practices, marine pollution, invasive alien species and climate change. Industrial and agricultural activivites …
Report Advisory Body 'Our common dignity initiative on Rights-based Approaches in World Heritage'
… Dignity initiative has been funded by the Ministry of Climate and Environment, Norway. The Report will also be … and other World Heritage stakeholders. The Ministry of Climate and Environment of Norway has generously funded the … a shift from individual case treatment towards a systems change. It has also supported action by the Advisory Bodies …
Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers
… systems – a critical asset in an era of dramatic global change. Sacred natural sites are significant due to their … food, air and water, most essen- tial in stabilizing climate, most unique in cultural and natural heritage and … of pollution, natural disasters, and the effects of climate change and other socially derived threats, such as …
Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks
… 97 List of boxes Research project: Impacts of global change on mountain Biosphere Reserves and World Heritage … to bring about even bigger changes. Sea-level rise and climate-change impacts are also introducing uncertainties. … in Mountain Regions project (UNESCO) GLOCHAMOST Global and Climate Change in Mountain Sites - Coping Strategies for …
Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document
… of the status of ecological character of wetlands and its change or possible change, on the basis of scientific work on the development … nature and culture at Sacred Natural Sites during times of change and uncertainty, IUCN. Petanidou, T. (1997), Salt in …