WORLD HERITAGE CENTRE Global action to promote capacity-
building, communication, education, out-reach, networking, and
public awareness to support implementation of the natural
aspects of the World Heritage Convention The World Heritage
Convention was launched by UNESCO in 1972 with a primary mission
of identifying cultural and natural heritage of outstanding
universal value throughout the world, and ensuring its
protection through international cooperation. The natural World
Heritage sites contain important and significant habitats for in
situ conservation of biological diversity and represent
ecological and biological-diversity processes of exceptional
value for humankind. The raising of awareness for natural World
Heritage conservation is of utmost importance for Governments
and citizens alike to assure the future of biodiversity, its
sustainable use and to enable the implementation of the
Convention. In the above light, an International Task Force
meeting to elaborate a five-year strategic action plan for