PDF: Brief – IUCN conservation outlook assessments
Citation
IUCN. (2014a). Brief – IUCN conservation outlook assessments.
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Summary
Natural World Heritage Sites are internationally recognized as the world’s most important natural areas and include well-known conservation names such as the Serengeti, Great Barrier Reef and the Galapagos Islands. There are 217 such sites covering over 260 million hectares, which equates to less than 1% of the Earth’s surface and over 10% of the protected areas worldwide.
These unique places are increasingly faced with threats such as mining, major infrastructure projects including roads and dams, poaching, illegal logging, agricultural encroachment and climate change. Of the 217 natural World Heritage sites, 8% are Listed in Danger, 25% are affected by serious conservation issues, and the status of many of these sites is unknown.
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