Article | 06 Nov, 2008
World Heritage Thematic Study for Central Asia: A regional overview
identify a limited number of sites which may have potential for natural World Heritage status from among almost three hundred protected areas in Central Asia.
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Photo: Chris Magin, IUCN 2005
This report was commissioned by IUCN’s Programme on Protected Areas and financed by the World Heritage Fund in response to a request from the World Heritage Committee (27) was carried out and consultation with regional experts and members of IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)