World Heritage Convention

The most significant feature of the 1972 World Heritage Convention is that it links together in a single document the concepts of nature conservation and the preservation of cultural properties. The Convention recognizes the way in which people interact with nature, and the fundamental need to preserve the balance between the two.

References (World Heritage Convention):

• Expert missions, as part of the IUCN evaluation process of World Heritage nominations made under the natural World Heritage criteria 
• Assessments of the overall state of conservation of the World Heritage properties (Advisory missions)
• Establishment of an integrated management for the UNESCO World Heritage Site Kalkalpen National Park and Wilderness Area Duerrenstein, as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Primeval Beech forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe”, 2018-2020 
• World Heritage Compendium Background Documentation. A compilation of the UNESCO WH policies for protection of natural and cultural heritage for review (Expert Panel), WHC Paris, 2017-2019