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Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
The site consists of several protected areas, mainly located along the Great Escarpment on the east coast of Australia. The outstanding geological features around the shield crater and the large number of rare and endangered rainforest species are of international significance for science and conservation.
Tasmanian Wilderness
Located in an area of severe glacial erosion, these parks and reserves feature steep canyons and cover more than one million hectares, and are home to the world's last remaining temperate rainforests. Remains found in limestone caves prove that humans have lived here for more than 20,000 years.
Beijing Shunyi Hanshiqiao Wetland Scenic Area
Beijing Hanshiqiao Wetland Park, located in the Jingdong Plain, is the only existing large-scale reed-type native wetland in Beijing. The park is located in Shunyi Yangzhen in the northeast of Beijing, about 35 kilometers from Beijing city and about 20 kilometers from the Capital Airport. It has a total area of 1,900 hectares and is home to a variety of rare waterfowl, including two national first-class key protected wild animals and 17 national second-class key wild animals. The large-scale growth of reeds here is unique in the suburbs of Beijing, and has become a landmark feature of the Hanshiqiao Wetland, which has earned it the nicknames of "Jingdong Da Lu Marsh" and "Xiao Baiyangdian" in the suburbs of Beijing, and has great protection and scientific research value. The reserve is mainly divided into a core area and an experimental area. The core area covers an area of 163.5 hectares and is the core and essence of the reserve. It implements fully enclosed protection and controls personnel entry; the experimental area covers an area of 1,724.4 hectares. In the future, the reserve will mainly develop and utilize this area to carry out ecological tourism, scientific research, and popular science work. The goal is to build a 5A-level wetland ecological tourism scenic spot with leisure, entertainment, vacation, fitness, and exhibition as the main features. The rural theme hotel in the wetland park integrates office, catering, clubhouse and accommodation. It not only highlights its unique rural characteristics and wetland scenery, but also meets the standards of a five-star hotel in terms of hardware facilities. It will provide urban tourists with a high-end leisure place to feel nature, get close to nature, and feel convenient and comfortable.
Greater Blue Mountains Area
The Greater Blue Mountains region consists of 1.03 million hectares of sandstone plateaus, escarpments and canyons, dominated by temperate eucalypt forests. The region, comprised of eight reserves, is renowned for its representation of the evolutionary adaptation and diversification of eucalypts during the post-Gondwanan isolation period of the Australian mainland. There are 91 species of eucalypts in the Greater Blue Mountains region, and the region is also noted for its exceptional representation of the structure and ecological diversity of eucalypts associated with a wide range of habitats. The region is an important representative of Australia's biodiversity, with 10% of vascular plants and a large number of rare or threatened species, including endemic and evolutionary relict species such as the Wollemi pine, which persist in highly restricted microsites.
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
The site includes 244 islands, islets and coastal areas in the Gulf of California, northeastern Mexico. The Sea of Cortez and its islands are known as a natural laboratory for studying speciation. In addition, almost all of the major oceanographic processes on Earth occur in the site, making it of great research value. The site is a place of stunning natural beauty, made up of rugged islands, towering cliffs and sandy beaches, which contrast with the gorgeous reflections of the desert and the surrounding turquoise waters. There are 695 species of vascular plants, more than any other marine and island property on the World Heritage List. The number of fish species is equally outstanding: 891, 90 of which are endemic. In addition, the site is home to 39% of the world's total marine mammal species and a third of the world's marine cetacean species.
Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve
Bardejov is a small but well-preserved, well-structured medieval fortified town that is typical of the urbanization in the region. Among other striking features, Bardejov contains a small Jewish quarter, which is organized around a fine 18th-century synagogue.
Lorentz National Park
Lorentz National Park (2.35 million hectares) is the largest protected area in Southeast Asia. It is the only protected area in the world with a continuous and intact transect from snow cover to tropical marine environments, including extensive lowland wetlands. The area is located at the intersection of two colliding continental plates and has complex geology, with continuous mountain formation and significant glacial erosion. The area also has fossil sites that provide evidence for the evolution of life in New Guinea, high endemism and the highest biodiversity in the region.
Comoé National Park
The park is one of the largest protected areas in West Africa and has a wide variety of flora. Due to the presence of the Comoé River, the park contains plants that are usually only found further south, such as shrub savannah and large areas of dense rainforest.
Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan
The Saryalka-Northern Kazakhstan Steppe and Lakes Reserve consists of two reserves: the Naurzum State Nature Reserve and the Kolgarzhin State Nature Reserve, with a total area of 450,344 hectares. The wetlands within the reserve are of great importance for migratory birds, including globally endangered species, including the extremely rare Siberian white crane, the Dalmatian pelican, the red-necked sea eagle, etc. The wetlands are an important stopover and crossroads on the Central Asian flyway for African, European and South Asian birds flying to their breeding grounds in Western Siberia and Eastern Siberia. The 200,000 hectares of Central Asian steppes within the reserve provide a valuable refuge for more than half of the region's steppe plant species, many endangered bird species, and the critically endangered saiga antelope, which was previously abundant but has been greatly reduced due to poaching. The property includes two groups of freshwater and saltwater lakes located on the watershed of rivers flowing north to the Arctic and south to the Aral Sea-Irtysh River Basin.
Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection
Located on the southwestern coast of Panama, Isla Coiba National Park protects the island of Coiba, 38 islets, and the surrounding marine areas within the Gulf of Chiriquí. Protected from cold winds and El Niño events, the Pacific Tropical Moist Forest of Isla Coiba maintains an exceptionally high endemism of mammals, birds, and plants, thanks to the continuous evolution of new species. It is also the last refuge for many endangered animals, such as the Crested Eagle. The site is an outstanding natural laboratory for scientific research, providing an important ecological link with the tropical eastern Pacific for the transit and survival of pelagic fish and marine mammals.
Sian Ka'an
In the language of the Maya people who once inhabited the area, Sian Ka'an means "origin of the sky". Located on the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, this biosphere reserve contains tropical forests, mangroves and swamps, as well as vast marine areas divided by a large barrier reef. It provides habitat for an extremely rich flora and fauna, including more than 300 bird species, and a large number of terrestrial vertebrates endemic to the region, all living together in a diverse environment formed by its complex hydrological system.
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
The biosphere covers 56,259 hectares and is located in a rugged forested mountain range about 100 kilometers northwest of Mexico City. Every autumn, millions, even billions, of butterflies from all over North America return here to gather in small areas of the forest reserve, dyeing the trees orange and almost bending the branches under their collective weight. In the spring, the butterflies begin an eight-month migration all the way to eastern Canada and back, during which four consecutive generations of butterflies are born and die. How they find their way back to their overwintering sites remains a mystery.
Papahānaumokuākea
Papahānaumokuākea is a large, isolated linear community of low-lying islets and atolls surrounded by ocean, approximately 250 km northwest of the main Hawaiian Islands and stretching for approximately 1,931 square kilometers. The area has profound cosmological and traditional significance to living Native Hawaiian cultures as an ancestral environment, a manifestation of Hawaiian concepts of kinship with the natural world, and a place where life is believed to originate and where the soul returns after death. Archaeological remains related to pre-European settlement and use are found on the islands of Nihoa and Makumanamana. The majority of the site consists of pelagic and deep-sea habitats, with notable features such as seamounts and underwater shoals, extensive coral reefs, and lagoons. It is one of the largest marine protected areas (MPAs) in the world.
Phoenix Islands Protected Area
The Phoenix Island Protected Area (PIPA) is located in the South Pacific Ocean and covers 408,250 square kilometers of marine and terrestrial habitats. The protected area includes the Phoenix Islands, one of three archipelagos in Kiribati and the largest designated marine protected area and the world's largest coral reef complex. PIPA protects one of the world's largest intact marine coral island ecosystems, as well as 14 known seamounts (presumed to be extinct volcanoes) and other deep-sea habitats. There are approximately 800 known animal species in the area, including about 200 species of coral, 500 species of fish, 18 species of marine mammals, and 44 species of birds. The structure and function of the PIPA ecosystem illustrate its pristine nature and importance as a migration route and reservoir. This is the first site in Kiribati to be inscribed on the World Heritage List.
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
Mount Nimba, located on the border of Guinea, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire, rises high above the surrounding savannah. The grassy mountain pastures on its slopes are covered with dense forests at the foot. The mountain is particularly rich in flora and fauna, including endemic species such as viviparous toads and chimpanzees that use stones as tools.
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System
The coastal area of Belize is an outstanding natural system consisting of the largest barrier reef in the Northern Hemisphere, offshore atolls, hundreds of sandbars, mangroves, coastal lagoons and estuaries. Seven sites in the system showcase the evolutionary history of coral reef development and are important habitats for endangered species, including sea turtles, manatees and American crocodiles.
Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves
The Southeastern Atlantic Forest Reserve, located in the states of Paraná and São Paulo, contains the finest and most extensive Atlantic Forest in Brazil. Comprising 25 protected areas (with a total area of approximately 470,000 hectares), the reserve showcases the biological wealth and evolutionary history of the last remaining Atlantic forests. From densely forested mountains to wetlands and coastal islands with isolated mountains and sand dunes, the area offers a rich natural environment of stunning beauty.