Coastal World Heritage Sites
This book presents the natural, environmental and scenic richness of the world’s coastal and marine areas classified by UNESCO as “Natural World Heritage Sites”. Representing well-preserved areas of exceptional significance to the planet and to humankind, they include a total of 49 marine sites, for...
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Dordrecht :
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2019.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2019. |
| Series: | Coastal Research Library,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1528-5 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. World heritage on continental coasts. – Africa
- 1. Banc D´Arguin National Park, Mauritania
- 2. Nambid Sand Sea, Namibia
- 3. Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary, Senegal
- 4. Cape Floral Region Protected Areas, South Africa
- 5. iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa
- Asia
- 6. The Sandarbans, Bangladesh and India
- 7. Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park, the Philippines
- Central America
- 8. área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica
- 9. Rio Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras
- 10. Darien National Park, Panama
- Europe
- 11. Stevens Klint, Denmark
- 12. High Coast/Kvarken Archipelago, Finland and Sweden
- 13. West Norwegian Fjords - Geiran-Gerfjord and Nærøyfjord, Norway
- 14. Danube Delta, Romania
- 15. Donãna National Park, Spain
- North America
- 16. Joggins Fossil Cliffs, Canada
- 17. Miguasha Natural Park, Canada
- 18. Mistaken Point, Canada
- 19. Kluane/Wrangell-St Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek, Canada and United States of America
- 20. Sian Ka’an, Mexico
- 21. Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino, Mexico
- 22. Everglades National Park, United States of America
- 23. Olympic National Park, United States of America
- 24. Redwood National and State Parks, United States of America
- Oceania
- 25. Kakadu National Park, Australia
- 26. Ningaloo Coast, Australia
- 27. Wet Tropics of Queensland, Australia
- South America
- 28. Península Valdés, Argentina
- 29. Atlantic Forest Southeast Reserves, Brazil
- 30. Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves, Brazil
- Part II
- World coastal heritage in islands, gulfs and reefs
- Arctic Ocean
- 31. Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve, Russia
- Atlantic Ocean
- 32. Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas, Brazil
- 33. Gros Morne National Park, Canada
- 34. Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark
- 35. Surtsey, Iceland
- 36. Laurisilva of Madeira, Portugal
- 37. Gough and Inaccessible Islands, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- 38. Saint Kilda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Indian Ocean
- 39. Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles
- 40. Socotra Archipelago, Yemen
- Pacific Ocean
- 41. Fraser Islands, Australia
- 42. Great Barrier Reefs, Australia
- 43. Lord Howe Island Group, Australia
- 44. Shark Bay, Australia
- 45. Tasmanian Wilderness, Australia
- 46. Malpelo Fauna and Flora Park, Colombia
- 47. Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica
- 48. Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
- 49. Lagoons of New Caledonia, France
- 50. Ogasawara Islands, Japan
- 51. Shiretoko, Japan
- 52. Phoenix Islands, Kiribati
- 53. Archipiélago de Revillagigedo, Mexico
- 54. Islands and Protected Areas of Gulf of California, Mexico
- 55. Te Wahipounamu South-West, New Zealand
- 56. Rock Island Southern Lagoon, Palau
- 57. Coiba National Park and the Zone of Marine Protection, Panama
- 58. Volcanoes of Kamchatka, Russia
- 59. East Rennel, Solomon Island
- 60. Henderson Islands, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- 61. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, United States of America
- 62. Papahānaumokuākea, United States of America
- Southern Ocean
- 63. Heard and McDonald Islands, Australia
- 64. Macquarie Island, Australia
- 65. New Zealand Sub-antarctic Islands, New Zealand
- Caribbean Sea
- 66. Belize Barrier Reef System, Belize
- 67. Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, Cuba
- 68. Desembargo del Granma National Park, Cuba
- 69. Pitons Management Area, Saint Lucia
- China Sea
- 70. Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
- 71. Yakushima, Japan
- 72. Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tube, Korea
- Mediterranean Sea
- 73. Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola, France
- 74. The Aeolian Islands, Italy
- 75. Ibiza, Spain
- North Sea
- 76. The Wadden Sea, Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany
- 77. Dorset and East Devon Coast, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- 78. Giants Causeway and Causeway Coast, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Red Sea
- 79. Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay - Mukkawar Island
- Marine National Park, Sudan
- East Indian Archipelago
- 80. Komodo National Park, Indonesia
- 81. Lorentz National Park, Indonesia
- 82. Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra, Indonesia
- 83. Ujung Kulan National Park, Indonesia
- 84. Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, Philippines.