The IUCN World Heritage Outlook aims to bring together, through Outlook Partnerships, the key stakeholders who are committed to addressing conservation issues in World Heritage sites. The objective of IUCN's Outlook Partnerships is to take Outlook findings, which are the most comprehensive global assessment of natural World Heritage properties, and use these to catalyse action for improved protection of World Heritage sites.
IUCN World Heritage Outlook Partners
Are you interested in becoming an IUCN World Heritage Outlook Partner? If so, we look forward to hearing from you at worldheritageoutlook [at] iucn [dot] org (worldheritageoutlook[at]iucn[dot]org).
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IUCN acknowledges with sincere thanks the Korea Heritage Service (KHS) whose generous financial support has made the IUCN World Heritage Outlook 4 possible. KHS contributes to the advancement of national culture through conservation and by creating values from national heritage.
IUCN acknowledges with sincere thanks the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province whose generous financial support has made the IUCN World Heritage Outlook 4 possible. Jeju Special Self-Governing Province was established to reflect the regional, historical, and humanistic features of Jeju Island and to guarantee a high level of self-governing authority based on autonomy, responsibility, creativity, and diversity.
The Ministry of the Overseas (France) under the France-IUCN Partnership, supported the development of Conservation Outlook Assessments for natural World Heritage sites in French Overseas Territories. Since 2005, the France-IUCN Partnership has contributed to impactful conservation initiatives, delivering tangible results for global biodiversity across Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, and beyond. At the heart of this collaboration lies a series of projects that have shaped international conservation efforts and underscored the power of coordinated action.
The IUCN World Heritage Outlook 4 has also been produced with support of the European Union (EU) and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) through the BIOPAMA Programme.
The launching of the IUCN World Heritage Outlook was made possible by financial support of the MAVA Foundation. The MAVA Foundation was a family-led, Swiss-based philanthropic foundation with an exclusive focus on the conservation of biodiversity. It grew to become one of Europe's main environmental foundations and a major donor to global conservation. The MAVA Foundation closed in 2022.
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OUR PLACE World Heritage provided images for the IUCN World Heritage Outlook. OUR PLACE is creating a photographic database of the world's most important locations for use in publications and public exhibitions worldwide. OURPLACE is an official partner to UNESCO and works directly with site managers and NGOs to help visually document key features of significant sites for promotional, educational and archiving purposes.
The realisation of IUCN's World Heritage Outlook is only possible thanks to invaluable input by individuals and organizations. IUCN would like to thank all those who are participating by sharing their knowledge and expertise to help improve the conservation of natural World Heritage sites.
If you would like to contribute to help inform the Conservation Outlook Assessments, please contact us at worldheritageoutlook [at] iucn [dot] org (worldheritageoutlook[at]iucn[dot]org)
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The Conservation Outlook Assessments are produced in collaboration with external assessors and IUCN takes reasonable steps to ensure that the content provided through the website is accurate and reliable. Partners to the IUCN World Heritage Outlook are not accountable for the accuracy and reliability of these assessments.