World Heritage Natural Site Observations's Journal

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/world-bee-day-week-2024

It would be special if observations from World Heritage Sites were made as part of this bioblitz to help add to our knowledge base of some of the World's most precious areas.

To raise awareness of the importance of pollinators, the threats they face and their contribution to sustainable development, the UN designated 20 May as World Bee Day.

Pollinators visit flowers to drink plant nectar and/or eat and/or gather pollen and/or transport pollen as they move about. These actions can result in the fertilization of host plants. Bees in particular do this but so do other invertebrates such as butterflies, moths, beetles, flies, and wasps as well as vertebrates such as birds, bats, and small mammals.

Welcome to those interested to participate in the World Bee Day/Week 2024 bioblitz May 17, 2024 - May 23, 2024 and help raise awareness of this day. Last year during roughly this same time period 36,649 observers posted 151,832 qualifying observations as indicated in the World Bee Day/Week 2023 mockup project. 35766 observations were posted by the top 500 observers in 2023.

Pollinators play a vital role in maintaining biodiversity and the stability of ecosystems by facilitating flowering plant reproduction. Humans rely on the results of pollinator activity for many crops yielding food production including fruits, vegetables, and nuts, but also for the production of non-food products such as fibres, dyes, and medicines derived from plant sources. In contradiction, pollinator's stability is negatively impacted by human activity which lead to loss of habitat such as urbanization, agriculture, and land development. Agrochemicals, including pesticides and herbicides, impact pollinators by poisoning them, reducing forage, weaken immune systems, or disrupt navigation abilities. Changes in temperature, precipitation patterns, and plant phenology can disrupt pollinator and their floral resource synchronization. Human activity can introduce invasive species and their parasites and pathogens that may negatively impact native pollinators through competition and pathology.

Raising public awareness and comprehension regarding the importance of pollinators and the necessary steps for their conservation is vital for successful conservation endeavours.

These sites have yet to be added because places are lacking for them:
Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area
Uvs Nuur Basin *
The Sundarbans
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu *
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks
Golden Mountains of Altai
Mount Taishan
Dja Faunal Reserve
Meteora
Mount Wuyi
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve *
Mount Huangshan
Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
Hierapolis-Pamukkale
High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago *
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve
Selous Game Reserve
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
Putorana Plateau
China Danxia
Ogasawara Islands
Wadi Rum Protected Area
Lakes of Ounianga
Chengjiang Fossil Site
Western Ghats
Xinjiang Tianshan
Stevns Klint
Western Tien-Shan *
Hubei Shennongjia
The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities
Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park
Landscapes of Dauria *
Fanjingshan
Chiribiquete National Park – “The Maloca of the Jaguar”
Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I)
Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)
Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries
Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area
Taï National Park
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
Monte San Giorgio *
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
Shiretoko
Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)
West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains
South China Karst
Joggins Fossil Cliffs
Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems
Mount Sanqingshan National Park
Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan
Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe *
Messel Pit Fossil Site
Srebarna Nature Reserve

https://jumear.github.io/stirfry/iNat_observation_slideshow.html?order_by=random&per_page=200&project_id=world-heritage-natural-site-observations

https://jumear.github.io/stirfry/iNat_observation_grid_widget.html?order_by=votes&place_id=any&project_id=world-heritage-natural-site-observations&columns=16&rows=8&view=species

Thought I would add a journal post where users can post and add to, in the comments, resources with regards to World Heritage Natural Sites:
Discover the 252* natural and mixed sites on the World Heritage List

Markdown hint
[Discover the 252 natural and mixed sites on the World Heritage List ] immediately followed by (https://www.iucn.org/theme/world-heritage/natural-sites) will just show the title without the link showing as above

https://jumear.github.io/stirfry/iNatAPIv1_observations_species_counts.html?project_id=world-heritage-natural-site-observations
For those who wish to create a list. It takes a few seconds to generate once you are there.