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Coastal World Heritage Sites presents the natural, environmental and scenic richness of the world's coastal and marine areas classified by UNESCO as "Natural World Heritage Sites". Representing well-preserved areas of exceptional significance to the planet and to humankind, they include a total of 49 marine sites, formed by reefs, atolls and gulfs, and 35 coastal sites in all oceans and all continents with exception of Antarctica. They are being protected and preserved from most degrading uses for future generations as an important legacy from the past. Exploring their richness, Coastal World Heritage Sites analyzes and explains these sites in a clear, understandable, scientific way, and is of interest to all who work in or care about the geosciences, environmental sciences and biosciences.
Part I - World heritage on continental coasts Africa
1. Banc D'Arguin National Park, Mauritania
2. Nambid Sand Sea, Namibia
3. Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary, Senegal
4. Cape Floral Region Protected Areas, South Africa
5. iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa Asia
6. The Sandarbans, Bangladesh and India
7. Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park, the Philippines Central America
8. area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica
9. Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras
10. Darien National Park, Panama Europe
11. Stevens Klint, Denmark
12. High Coast/Kvarken Archipelago, Finland and Sweden
13. West Norwegian Fjords - Geiran-Gerfjord and Naeroyfjord, Norway
14. Danube Delta, Romania
15. Donana National Park, Spain North America
16. Joggins Fossil Cliffs, Canada
17. Miguasha Natural Park, Canada
18. Mistaken Point, Canada
19. Kluane/Wrangell-St Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek, Canada and United States of America
20. Sian Ka'an, Mexico
21. Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino, Mexico
22. Everglades National Park, United States of America
23. Olympic National Park, United States of America
24. Redwood National and State Parks, United States of America Oceania
25. Kakadu National Park, Australia
26. Ningaloo Coast, Australia
27. Wet Tropics of Queensland, Australia South America
28. Peninsula Valdes, Argentina
29. Atlantic Forest Southeast Reserves, Brazil
30. Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves, Brazil
Part II - World coastal heritage in islands, gulfs and reefs Arctic Ocean
31. Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve, Russia Atlantic Ocean
32. Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas, Brazil
33. Gros Morne National Park, Canada
34. Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark
35. Surtsey, Iceland
36. Laurisilva of Madeira, Portugal
37. Gough and Inaccessible Islands, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
38. Saint Kilda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Indian Ocean
39. Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles
40. Socotra Archipelago, Yemen Pacific Ocean
41. Fraser Islands, Australia
42. Great Barrier Reefs, Australia
43. Lord Howe Island Group, Australia
44. Shark Bay, Australia
45. Tasmanian Wilderness, Australia
46. Malpelo Fauna and Flora Park, Colombia
47. Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica
48. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
49. Lagoons of New Caledonia, France
50. Ogasawara Islands, Japan
51. Shiretoko, Japan
52. Phoenix Islands, Kiribati
53. Archipielago de Revillagigedo, Mexico
54. Islands and Protected Areas of Gulf of California, Mexico
55. Te Wahipounamu South-West, New Zealand
56. Rock Island Southern Lagoon, Palau
57. Coiba National Park and the Zone of Marine Protection, Panama
58. Volcanoes of Kamchatka, Russia
59. East Rennel, Solomon Island
60. Henderson Islands, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
61. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, United States of America
62. Papahanaumokuakea, United States of America Southern Ocean
63. Heard and McDonald Islands, Australia
64. Macquarie Island, Australia
65. New Zealand Sub-antarctic Islands, New Zealand Caribbean Sea
66. Belize Barrier Reef System, Belize
67. Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, Cuba
68. Desembargo del Granma National Park, Cuba
69. Pitons Management Area, Saint Lucia China Sea
70. Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
71. Yakushima, Japan
72. Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tube, Korea Mediterranean Sea
73. Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola, France
74. The Aeolian Islands, Italy
75. Ibiza, Spain North Sea
76. The Wadden Sea, Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany
77. Dorset and East Devon Coast, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
78. Giants Causeway and Causeway Coast, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Red Sea
79. Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay - Mukkawar Island -Marine National Park, Sudan East Indian Archipelago
80. Komodo National Park, Indonesia
81. Lorentz National Park, Indonesia
82. Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra, Indonesia
83. Ujung Kulan National Park, Indonesia
84. Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, Philippines
Vanda Claudino-Sales is a geographer who holds a PhD in Environmental Geography from the Sorbonne University, Paris, and a post-doctorate in Coastal Geomorphology from the University of South Florida, USA. She is a retired professor of the Department of Geography of the Federal University of Ceara and a visiting professor at the Department of Geography of the State University of Acarau Valley, in Brazil. She was a visiting professor at the Department of Geography at the Sorbonne and at the Coastal Laboratory of the University of South Florida. She is Vice-President for South America of the Coastal and Educational Research Foundation – CERF. She also participates in environmental activism in Brazil. Her research focuses on geoscience, coastal geomorphology, megageomorphology and geoconservation.
