Human Footprint in natural World Heritage sites
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Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)

Fraser Island

Gondwana Rainforests of Australia

Greater Blue Mountains Area

Kakadu National Park

Lord Howe Island Group

Macquarie Island

Ningaloo Coast

Purnululu National Park

Shark Bay, Western Australia

Tasmanian Wilderness

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

Wet Tropics of Queensland

Willandra Lakes Region

About

This page provides additional site specific information in the recent publication titled: Recent increases in human pressure and forest loss threaten many Natural World Heritage Sites. This is the first global quantitative assessment of how humanity is negatively affecting natural World Heritage sites and here we provide crucial baseline information which is neccessary for their ongoing preservation.

Data sources

Human footprint 1993 and 2009

Natural World Heritage sites

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