Coastal World Heritage Sites

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. 

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. área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica.- 9. Rio Plátano 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 Nærøyfjord, Norway.- 14. Danube Delta, Romania.- 15. Donãna 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. Península Valdés, 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. Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.- 49. Lagoons of New Caledonia, France .- 50. Ogasawara Islands, Japan.- 51. Shiretoko, Japan.- 52. Phoenix Islands, Kiribati.- 53. Archipiélago 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. HawaiiVolcanoes National Park, United States of America.- 62. Papahānaumokuākea, 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