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Title
A Wilderness Approach under the World Heritage Convention
Author(s)
Kormos, C.F.;Bertzky, B.;Jaeger, T.;Shi, Y.;Badman, T.;Hilty, J.A.;Mackey, B.G.;Mittermeier, R.A.;Locke, H.;Osipova, E.;Watson, J.E.M.
Published
2016
Publisher
Conservation Letters
Published Version DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12205
Abstract
The World Heritage Convention could make a bigger and more systematic contribution to global wilderness conservation by: (1) ensuring the World Heritage List includes full coverage of Earth's wilderness areas with outstanding universal value; and (2) more effectively protecting the ecological integrity of existing World Heritage sites. Here we assess current coverage of global-scale wilderness areas within natural World Heritage sites and identify broad gaps where new wilderness sites should be identified for inclusion on the World Heritage List. We also consider how existing mechanisms under the Convention can improve the ecological integrity of existing sites by expanding or buffering them, and by promoting connectivity between World Heritage sites, between World Heritage sites and other protected areas, or both. We suggest that the Convention should consider a new mechanism called a “World Heritage Wilderness Complex” to facilitate a wilderness approach. Finally, we map three landscapes and one seascape to illustrate how World Heritage Wilderness Complexes might be implemented. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved
Keywords
World Heritage;wilderness;conservation;climate change
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