Dataset record
- Type
- GIS map dataset
- DOI
- https://www.doi.org/10.14284/592
- title in English
- Boundaries of UNESCO World Heritage Marine Sites (v02)
- Abstract in English
- This file contains the shapefile of the 50 marine sites inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List (as of 1 January 2023). Launched in 2005, the mission of the World Heritage Marine Programme is to establish effective conservation of existing and potential marine areas of Outstanding Universal Value to make sure they will be maintained and thrive for generations to come. In order to create the data, information from the UNESCO World Heritage Marine Programme and Protected Planet were collected and compiled.
- Contactpoint
-
- Email
- info@marineregions.org
- License
- https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.html
- bibliographicCitation
- UNESCO (2023). Boundaries of UNESCO World Heritage Marine Sites (v02). Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/.
- Release
date
- Feb 8 2023 10:00PM
Thesaurus terms
- Keyword
- Conservation
- Data not evaluated
- Environment
- Esri Shapefile
- Heritage
- Marine
- Metadata conformant
- No limitations to public access
- Protected sites
- Unesco
- WGS84 (EPSG:4326)