Abstract
The paper is devoted to the review of the World Karst Natural Heritage and the perspectives of such new properties in the Russia. Presently there are 37 World Karst Natural Heritage sites on the globe; 34 of them have the natural heritage and 3 sites have the mixed, natural-cultural significance. The World Karst Heritage distribution by the countries and by parts of the world was analyzed. A brief description of outstanding universal value of the “Lena Pillars Nature Park”, being currently the only Russian karst area nominated at the List of World Natural Heritage by a specific type of the karst – ground frozen karst, was given. The necessity of the new World Karst Heritage properties characterizing by the karst development in sulfate and salt rock sites are considered. The karst areas, located in extreme (cold or arid) climate conditions, are in the focus of separate attention.
Highlights
AND BACKGROUNDThe identification, protection and preservation of natural and cultural heritage having the outstanding universal significance for the humanity are the one of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) objectives
The aim of this paper is to present the review of the World Karst Natural Heritage and the conditions in which the unique outstanding karst is developed as well as to indicate the perspectives and necessity of the new Russian karst nominations preparation
For Russia (where 8 karst areas, 22 karst provinces, and 57 karst districts are distinguished only on the Russian Plain (Chikishev 1978)) there is a considerable potential for natural karst sites of such high status, therewith, for example, both for conditions of sulphate and salt karst, that is more the areas considered are referred to the conditions of moderately cold climate with uniform humidification (Df )
Summary
AND BACKGROUNDThe identification, protection and preservation of natural and cultural heritage having the outstanding universal significance for the humanity are the one of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) objectives. Among the natural sites, inscribed on the World Heritage List and having the high natural or natural-cultural (mixed) status (in total 241 sites as of January 1, 2018), a special group is formed by the 37 karst properties (Fig. 1, Table 1) (Gunn 2004; Williams 2008; Trofimova and Hada 2016; etc.). Such large number of karst properties described by the universal significance is defined by a wide spread of karstic rocks (limestone, dolomite, etc.): nearly 30 % of continental surface is characterized by the conditions of karst development
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