World Heritage
World Heritage listing recognises that a site is of such high natural and / or cultural significance to the global population that its protection transcends borders and transcends politics.
The World Heritage Convention recognises the way in which people interact with nature, and the fundamental need to preserve the balance between the two. There is no higher status for any site on Earth, which is why the integrity of these sites is so vital to protect.
Earthmob has pulled together the best resources available that will inform and inspire campaigns to conserve these spectacular and fragile places. From across the globe, Earthmob is building a platform for the global organisations leading the fight to protect our World Heritage, while also giving a voice, and the tools, to those grassroots and indigenous groups living in and alongside these global treasures.
The IUCN have an online resource covering some of the benefits that come from preserving natural world heritage sites.
World Heritage should be Forever.
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.
The Golden Mountains of Altai
The Altai mountains in southern Siberia form the major mountain range in the western Siberia biogeographic region and provide the source of its greatest rivers – the Ob and the Irtysh. The region represents the most complete sequence of altitudinal vegetation zones in central Siberia and is also an important habitat for endangered animal species such as the snow leopard.
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, China
Located in the mountainous north-west of Yunnan Province in China, the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas is a natural serial property consisting of 15 protected areas. The Property contains an outstanding diversity of landscapes, such as deep-incised river gorges, luxuriant forests, towering snow-clad mountains, glaciers, and alpine karst, reddish sandstone landforms (Danxia）, lakes and meadows over vast vistas.