The WILD side of World Heritage
Did you know that 62% of all the land area covered by natural World Heritage sites contains the most intact, undisturbed wild natural areas left on our planet? Overall, 22 of the world’s 24 terrestrial wilderness areas are represented on the World Heritage List.
Photo: IUCN Photo Library © Julie Griffin
Photo: IUCN
These were part of the findings of an initial analysis presented on the occasion of the World Wilderness Congress, in October 2013, presented by IUCN in collaboration with the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) and the Wild Foundation.
To discover more, download the brief on World Heritage and Wilderness.
IUCN is planning to launch a more comprehensive study on wilderness World Heritage at the IUCN World Parks Congress in 2014.
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