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Introduction to the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage

… Course to the International Legal Framework on Marine Biodiversity Book: Book - Unit 1 - Introduction … Table of contents 1. Why protecting the marine environment? Endemic species Other uses 2. Impact of …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes

… the role of the Convention in protecting the planet’s biodiversity and in positioning the worlds’ most iconic … Marine wilderness analysis … Methods Biogeographic classification of the marine environment … iv v Foreword As the global climate change and biodiversity crises accelerate, the importance of protecting …
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IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2 - A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites

… the World Heritage Convention in protecting the planet’s biodiversity and natural heritage, and in positioning the … for 8% of the combined surface of terrestrial and 6% of marine protected areas. Through the World Heritage … the Great Barrier Reef Outlook report (Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, 2009) ■ The Enhancing Our Heritage …
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Managing MIDAs - Harmonising the Management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks

… of their multiple values: their unique geology, their biodiversity, their hydrology, and their historical and … agreed targets are for 17% of terrestrial land and 10% of marine areas to be protected. However, while working towards … than the African continent. In total, 3.41% of the world’s marine area and 14% of the world’s terrestrial area are …
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IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2014: A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites

… the World Heritage Convention in protecting the planet’s biodiversity and natural heritage and positioning the worlds’ … Perruchoud, Verena Treber, Alice Rizzo, Sophie Zielcke and Marine Deguignet. Thanks are due to the IUCN WCPA, and in … areas ✱ Average site size is 1,225,706 hectares ✱ 46 marine sites ✱ 107 forest sites ✱ 15 transboundary sites ✱ 19 …
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Linking Landscapes - Exploring the relationships between World Heritage cultural landscapes and IUCN protected areas

… IUCN protected areas Lead author Gunnar Finke, Advisor on Biodiversity, German International Cooperation (GIZ) With … Park in South Africa or the Hawaiian Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument have in common with the Indian Rock … Tino and Tinetto) 1997 (ii)(iv)(v) IIb Cinque Terre Marine Natural Protected Area, Cinque Terre National Park, …
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Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers

… xii + 52pp. Also available in Russian. Guidelines for Marine Protected Areas. No. 3. Graeme Kelleher, 1999, xxiv + … in French. Identification and Gap Analysis of Key Biodiversity Areas: Targets for Comprehensive Protected Area … of a worldwide representative network of terrestrial and marine protected areas, as an integral contribution to the …
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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… role in relation to each site and their possible impact on biodiversity. For many of these activi- ties, objectives are … ad- vances have been made in the management of global biodiversity, but while environmental problems have become … time of writing in Benin for ‘Community- Based Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Management (CBCMBM)’, a social impact …
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