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The Arctic provides critical habitat for threatened species such as polar bears.
Photo: © Ralph Lee Hopkins, National Geographic Creative
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Photo: Elena Osipova
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Photo: © Rod Waddington CC BY-SA 2.0
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Photo: Sum Doood (CC BY-NC 2.0)
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In the buffer zone of Chitwan National Park, this settlement is encroaching on important wildlife habitat.
Photo: IUCN / Remco Van Merm
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From left to right, back to front: Frédéric Launay, Tim Badman, Pedro Rosabal, Tarek M. Abul Hawa, Cyril Kormos, Jenna Boon, Hervé Lethier, Charlotte Karibuhoye, Barbara Engels, Marina Cracco, Peter Shadie.
Photo: IUCN
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Photo: IUCN / Elena Osipova
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The Sundarbans in Bangladesh is part of the world’s largest mangrove forest, lying on the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers and bordering India’s Sundarbans National Park, also a World Heritage site.
Photo: IUCN / Mizuki Murai
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Chitwan National Park in Nepal is recognised as a World Heritage site for its rich fauna and flora. It is home to one of the last populations of greater one-horned rhinoceros.
Photo: IUCN / Bibhab Kumar Talukdar
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Signing of the IUCN-ICCROM World Heritage project at the Hawai'i Governor's residence, Washington Place, Honolulu
Photo: Hawai'i Governor
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