Towards a Revised Canadian Tentative List for World Heritage - Natural Properties

by Jim Thorsell - June 2002
Senior Advisor, World Heritage
The World Conservation Union (IUCN)

Contents:

2. Implications for Canada’s Revised Tentative List Relating to the Global Strategy and IUCN Thematic Studies

Trends and Directions from IUCN’s Global Thematic Studies 

3. Framework For Preparing A Revised Tentative List 

Procedure for Preparing the Tentative List

A Framework for Selecting Sites for the Tentative List 

4. Factors Relating to the Selection of Natural Sites for the Revised Tentative List 

Expansion of Existing Natural World Heritage Sites 

Sites Remaining on the 1980 Tentative List 

A Note on Fossil Sites 

The Arctic as an “Under-represented” Region 

Rating of Natural Sites for the Revised Tentative List 

End Note 

References 

IUCN Fossil Site Evaluation Checklist