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Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers

… from The Christensen Fund, LTS International, The Sacred Land Film Project, UNESCO and WWF International. Published … the Dhimurru Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia, are asked to respect … disrespectful tourism, poverty and population dynamics, degradation of neighbouring environ- ments, reduction of the …
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World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes

… Chapter 5: Implementing a wilderness and large land and seascapes approach under the Convention … and human wellbeing. On a planet where destruction, degradation and fragmentation of natural habitats are … (SCBD 2014), were sobering: although more of the planet’s land and sea is under conservation management than ever …
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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… to respond to the problem of desertification and land degradation. A tenet of the UNCCD is that ‘desertification is … by others. One example is the Council of Europe’s European Land- scape Convention (2000), which reflects a principle …
25 May 2026 Document

Managing Natural World Heritage

… an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or … of the United States, because of serious and continuing degradation of its aquatic ecosystem. The most recent … often led to communities being forcibly relocated from land that had in some cases been their traditional homelands …
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Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual

… an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or … of the United States, because of serious and continuing degradation of its aquatic ecosystem. The most recent … often led to communities being forcibly relocated from land that had in some cases been their traditional homelands …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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

… for example by oil rigs, but could also take the form of land reclamation, artificial islands or installations for … related to resources or not and whether they take place on land or at sea, have an impact on the marine environment and … The most serious threats to marine biodiversity are degradation and loss of habitats, overexploitation and …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 5 Cultural heritage -- a management challenge

… fishing grounds have been as important to them as the land, and they have evolved a highly organized set of customs … management methods which partly contributed to the degradation of coastal aquatic ecosystems, resulted in …
25 May 2026 Document

IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2 - A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites

… Nepal Chitwan National Park 29 Mali Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) 30 Costa Rica Cocos Island National Park … Benin / Burkina Faso / Niger 29 Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons), Mali 32 p Comoé National Park, Côte …
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