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Benefits of natural World Heritage

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Food
  • Legal subsistence hunting of wild game
  • Collection of wild plants and mushrooms
  • Fishing areas and conservation of fish stocks
  • Traditional agriculture
  • Livestock grazing areas
Water
  • Access to drinking water
  • Commercial wells
Cultural and spiritual values
  • History and tradition
  • Wilderness and iconic features
  • Sacred natural sites or landscapes
  • Sacred or symbolic plants or animals
  • Cultural identity and sense of belonging
Health and recreation
  • Collection of resources for the pharmaceuticals industry
  • Collection of medicinal resources for local use
  • Outdoor recreation and tourism
  • Natural beauty and scenery
Knowledge
  • Importance for research
  • Contribution to education
  • Collection of genetic material
Environmental services
  • Carbon sequestration
  • Soil stabilisation
  • Coastal protection
  • Flood prevention
  • Water provision (importance for water quantity and quality)
  • Pollination
Materials
  • Collection of timber, e.g. fuelwood
  • Sustainable extraction of materials (e.g. coral, shells, resin, rubber, grass, rattan, etc)
Contribution to local economy
  • Direct employment
  • Tourism-related income
  • Provision of jobs
Other
  • Other
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Benefits case studies (2014)

Case studies from the 2014 IUCN benefits report

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Online tools

Online tools

Decision trees for planning and undertaking ecosystem services assessments

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