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Protecting People Through Nature

Dalberg Global Development Advisors for WWF
Report, World Heritage, WWF

This report explores natural World Heritage sites, which, as large areas of habitat, play an important role in increasing resilience and providing vital protection against climate change impacts. Alarmingly, the report finds that almost half of these sites are currently threatened by operations such as mining, large-scale infrastructure or oil and gas exploration since too often short-term financial gain is favoured over long-term sustainable development.

Therefore, the report calls on governments to make the protection of these sites part of their commitment to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and engage in a broader dialouge with civil society and the private sector on this issue.

Download the report here.

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