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Serengeti National Park
The Serengeti is a vast plain, with 1.5 million hectares of savannah. Every year, large numbers of herbivores (wildbeest, gazelles and zebras) and their predators migrate to fixed water sources, which is one of the most impressive natural phenomena in the world.
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
The biosphere covers 56,259 hectares and is located in a rugged forested mountain range about 100 kilometers northwest of Mexico City. Every autumn, millions, even billions, of butterflies from all over North America return here to gather in small areas of the forest reserve, dyeing the trees orange and almost bending the branches under their collective weight. In the spring, the butterflies begin an eight-month migration all the way to eastern Canada and back, during which four consecutive generations of butterflies are born and die. How they find their way back to their overwintering sites remains a mystery.
Qinghai Hoh Xil
Located at the northeastern end of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Hoh Xil in Qinghai is the world's largest and highest plateau. This vast system of mountains and grasslands is over 4,500 meters above sea level, with average temperatures below zero all year round. The geographical and climatic conditions of the area have fostered unique biodiversity. More than one-third of the plant species and all herbivorous mammals are endemic to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The site protects the intact migration route of the Tibetan antelope, one of the endangered large mammals endemic to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Aasivissuit – Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea
Located within the Arctic Circle in central West Greenland, the property contains the remains of 4,200 years of human history. It is a cultural landscape that bears witness to the hunting of land and sea animals, seasonal migrations and a rich and well-preserved tangible and intangible cultural heritage of its creators related to climate, navigation and medicine. Features of the property include large winter houses and evidence of reindeer hunting, as well as archaeological sites of ancient Inuit and Inuit culture. The cultural landscape includes seven main sites, from Nipisat in the west to Asiwesut near the ice sheet in the east. It bears witness to the resilience of the human culture of the region and its tradition of seasonal migration.
Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I)
The property contains the world's largest system of intertidal mudflats. These mudflats, as well as swamps and shallows, are extremely fertile and support many species of fish and crustaceans. The intertidal zones of the Yellow Sea/Bohai Bay are of global importance for the aggregation of many migratory bird species that use the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Large numbers of birds, including some of the world's most endangered species, rely on the coastline as a stopover to moult, rest, overwinter or nest.
Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands
The site consists of seven components and is 80 km long, located along the warm temperate and very wet eastern coast of the Black Sea. They offer a range of the most typical Korchi ecosystems, ranging from sea level to more than 2,500 meters above sea level. The main ecosystems are the ancient Korchi deciduous rain forests and wetlands, percolation swamps and other swamp types in the unique Korchi swamp area. The very wet broadleaved rain forests contain a highly diverse flora and fauna, with a very high density of endemic and relict species, including a large number of globally endangered species and relicts, which have survived the glacial cycles of the Tertiary period. The site has about 1,100 species of vascular and non-vascular plants, including 44 endangered vascular plants, nearly 500 vertebrates and a large number of invertebrates. The site also hosts 19 endangered animal species, including sturgeons, especially the critically endangered Colchicus colchicus. It is an important stopover for many globally endangered bird species migrating through the Batumi bottleneck.
Srebarna Nature Reserve
The Srebana Nature Reserve is a freshwater lake located next to the Danube and covers an area of more than 600 hectares. It is a breeding ground for nearly 100 bird species, many of which are rare or endangered. Every winter, about 80 other bird species migrate and take refuge here. The most interesting birds include Dalmatian pelicans, great egrets, night herons, purple herons, painted ibis and white spoonbills.
Cultural landscape and migration routes of the Shinaliq people
This cultural landscape includes the alpine village of Khinalig in northern Azerbaijan, high-altitude summer pastures and terraces in the Greater Caucasus Mountains, winter pastures in the lowland plains of central Azerbaijan, and the 200-kilometer seasonal transhumance route (Köç Yolu) that connects these areas. Khinalig village is home to the semi-nomadic Khinalig people, who retain their ancient long-distance vertical transhumance, and whose culture and lifestyle change with seasonal migrations between summer and winter pastures. The organically developed network of ancient roads, temporary pastures, campsites, cemeteries, and mosques demonstrates a sustainable ecological and social system adapted to extreme environmental conditions.
Tassili n'Ajjer
The site is located in a geologically significant and bizarre lunar landscape and contains the world's most important collection of prehistoric cave art. More than 15,000 drawings and engravings document climate change, animal migrations and the evolution of human life. The rock formations on the edge of the Sahara Desert date from 6000 BC to the first few centuries of the modern era. The geological formations here are spectacular, with eroded sandstone forming a "rock forest".
Lake Turkana National Parks
Lake Turkana is the saltiest large lake in Africa and an excellent laboratory for studying plant and animal communities. The three national parks are stopovers for migrating waterfowl and major breeding grounds for Nile crocodiles, hippos, and a variety of venomous snakes. The Koubi Fora sediments, rich in mammal, mollusk, and other fossil remains, have contributed more to our understanding of paleoenvironments than any other site on the continent.
Nandagang Wetland
The highest point of Nandagang Wetland is 5.4 meters above sea level, and the lowest point is 2.9 meters above sea level. It is divided into lagoon depressions, shallow trough depressions, hillocks and high flat lands, and 90% of the vegetation is reeds. The forests around the port are 10 meters wide and 30 kilometers long, totaling more than 60,000 trees. This is the intersection of the north-south migration belt and the east-west migration belt of migratory birds. According to observations and statistics, 168 species of birds have been found, including the red-crowned crane, white crane, white-headed crane, white stork, Chinese bustard, great bustard, etc., which are national first-class protected birds. A large number of white swans are seen here every year. In order to protect the reed vegetation, fish, birds and animals on the slopes of the reservoir, a 6-meter-wide and 4-meter-deep canal around the port was also dug along the port to ensure seasonal water storage and regulate the water capacity in the area. In the wetland nature reserve, the view is vast, and in the midsummer, it is full of green and the air is fresh, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.