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Article 06 jan, 2014

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.

These were part of the findings of an initial analysis presented on the occasion of the World Wilderness Congress, in October 2013, presented by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ in collaboration with the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) and the Wild Foundation.

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Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ is planning to launch a more comprehensive study on wilderness World Heritage at the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ World Parks Congress in 2014.