Document of dataset 8197

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

Geographical coverage

Spatial
World Oceans

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)

Ownerships

creator
UNESCO/IOC Project Office for IODE
contributor
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee

Dataset references

is part of
MarineRegions.org

Special collections

part of special collection
VLIZ Acknowledged Publications

Document metadata

date created
2023-02-01
date modified
2023-02-08