Kakadu - Nature and Culture
Take a cinematic journey and explore the wonders of World Heritage listed, Kakadu, Australia's largest terrestrial National Park located in the Northern Territory. See wild crocodiles, buffalo and extensive bird-life. Watch dawn break over a misty Yellow Water Billabong before witnessing wild-fires common to the top end early in the dry season.
Wilderness areas like Kakadu are fast declining but World Heritage status can protect them.
New guidance published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) urges the World Heritage Convention to better conserve wilderness areas, and large landscapes and seascapes, as they are increasingly threatened, including by climate change. It explains how this can be achieved through existing mechanisms, identifies broad gaps where new wilderness World Heritage sites might be found, and suggests innovation to help the Convention better respond to threats to wilderness. Wilderness areas are crucial as they protect massive carbon stocks, ensure clean freshwater supplies, and safeguard biodiversity.
Kakadu is one of five World Heritage case studies examined in this report. With a particular focus on the intersection of nature and culture.
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