UNESCO Marine World Heritage: 2021 in review
Key Words: UNESCO,Marine World Heritage
Description:
The 2021 UNESCO Marine World Heritage Annual Overview, made public today, summarises a year of conservation successes for marine World Heritage, but also underscores the urgent need for greater action to protect sites from the rapidly increasing threat of climate change.
Introduction.
Consistent with its mandate, the work of the UNESCO World Heritage Marine Programme concentrates on building resilience across the marine World Heritage network through on-the-ground capacity building, sharing of best practices among local management teams, and the evaluation of sites’ conservation status.
The UNESCO World Heritage List includes 50 marine protected areas across 37 countries that are recognised by the international community for their Outstanding Universal Value to humanity. World Heritage recognition comes with the responsibility to protect it. Last year, the conservation and management of 17 marine World Heritage sites was evaluated by the World Heritage Committee. Scientific advice and recommendations for these deliberations is performed annually and prepared in collaboration with IUCN.
The World Heritage Centre shares its deep appreciation to its trusted partners, experts, advisory bodies and the local managers and their teams for their unwavering support to the conservation of marine World Heritage. Without them, none of this work would have been possible.
For more information, please refer to http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2409
The UNESCO World Heritage List includes 50 marine protected areas across 37 countries that are recognised by the international community for their Outstanding Universal Value to humanity. World Heritage recognition comes with the responsibility to protect it. Last year, the conservation and management of 17 marine World Heritage sites was evaluated by the World Heritage Committee. Scientific advice and recommendations for these deliberations is performed annually and prepared in collaboration with IUCN.
The World Heritage Centre shares its deep appreciation to its trusted partners, experts, advisory bodies and the local managers and their teams for their unwavering support to the conservation of marine World Heritage. Without them, none of this work would have been possible.
For more information, please refer to http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2409