UNESCO 70d ago

Building on collaboration among more than 20 leading research institutions, this report compiles data from all UNESCO-designated sites to assess their contributions to climate stability, human well-being, and biodiversity conservation. It also explores their role in sustaining livelihoods, cultural values, and the Indigenous and local knowledge rooted within these landscapes. The report delivers the first global assessment of over 2,260 World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves, and Global Geoparks—a network covering an area larger than China and India combined and supporting around 10% of the world’s population in over 175 countries. Titled People and nature in UNESCO-designated sites: Global and local contributions, it offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of their contributions to people and nature, as well as the growing pressures they face. More information about the report: https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/people-and-nature-unesco-safeguarding-life-and-heritage