IUCN, Protected Areas Programme

Procès-verbaux de l'atelier sur les questions et directives concernant le soutien de l'Union européenne aux aires protégées et à la conservation de la diversité biologique en Afrique, aux Caraïbes et dans le Pacifique

Parks : the international journal for protected area managers

Linking landscapes : Exploring the relationships between World Heritage cultural landscapes and IUCN protected areas

This study identifies the relationships that exist between World Heritage cultural landscapes and protected areas, and documents the practical management and governance associations that occur between them. It looks at i) the conceptual similarities and differences between these two systems of conservation designations; ii) the spatial overlap between them; and iii) the practical interrelation and integration that occurs ‘on the ground’. The Hungarian Hortobágy National Park and Thingvellir National Park in Iceland are used as examples.

The World Heritage List : future priorities for a credible and complete list of natural and mixed sites

The strategy paper analyses the coverage of the world’s existing natural and mixed World Heritage (WH) sites and sets out some indicative future priorities. It is largely based on a more detailed analysis (available separately) of the world’s natural and mixed WH sites undertaken by the United Nations Environment Programme’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), titled: “A Review of the Global World Heritage Network: Biogeography, Habitats and Biodiversity”.

Geological World Heritage : a global framework : a contribution to the global theme study of World Heritage Natural Sites

This report discusses role of the World Heritage Convention in recognizing and protecting geological and geomorphological heritage, and presents proposals based on a global consultation.

World Heritage thematic study for Central Asia : a regional overview

This report was commissioned by IUCN’s Programme on Protected Areas and financed by the World Heritage Fund in response to a request from the World Heritage Committee (27th session, 2003). A literature review was carried out and consultation with regional experts and members of IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) to identify a limited number of sites which may have potential for natural World Heritage status from among almost three hundred protected areas in Central Asia.

An evaluation of the coverage and management effectiveness of biosphere reserves ... prepared as an input to the International Conference on Biosphere Reserves, Sevilla, ES, 20-25 March 1995

Short term action plan for the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) and the Programme on protected areas (PPA) 1999/2002

1999 annual report Programme on protected areas/WCPA

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