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

… World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), IUCN Member organisations, … at national and international levels, to help the most threatened sites move from a critical outlook, as has been … increased conservation effort, the outlook for these most threatened sites can improve. Since November 2014, 13 new …
25 May 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

International System of Protection of Natural and Cultural Heritage

… of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of Outstanding Universal Value from the point of view … intrinsic qualities of a World Heritage site were already threatened at the time of its nomination by action of man and …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Managing Natural World Heritage

… Section 2.4) if the site’s OUV is seen as being severely threatened. Such a move can result in additional … of the site itself (e.g. tourism based on rare or iconic species, such as mountain gorillas, or important landscapes … of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of OUV from the point of view of science …
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Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual

… Section 2.4) if the site’s OUV is seen as being severely threatened. Such a move can result in additional … of the site itself (e.g. tourism based on rare or iconic species, such as mountain gorillas, or important landscapes … of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of OUV from the point of view of science …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 2. Threatened first by tourism, Misali Island, Zanzibar, … . . . . . . . . . . . 35 4. Specially protected areas and species of Western Siberia, Russian Federation . . . . . . . … communities are, in general, more vulnerable and more threatened than sacred natural sites associated with …
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World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes

… Absence of invasive alien species … noted in 2014 (Decision 38 COM 7B.91) that Lake Natron is threatened by soda ash mining. Integrity: Responding to … places around the world were being destroyed or were threatened with destruction (UNESCO 1972). As a result, sites …
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Cultural Heritage Information Pack: 9 Wetlands and spiritual life

… wetlands provide the only breed- ing grounds for some bird species and support a unique flora as well as rare mammals. …
25 May 2026 Document

Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora COP Conference of the Parties … considerably (for example including the role of other species groups and aspects such as water management, human … have taken place during recent decades have increasingly threatened the adequate preservation of the cultural heritage …
25 May 2026 Document