The third issue of the Natural Heritage Bulletin published by UNESCO C2C, WII was launched on 22^nd October, 2015 during the concluding session of the United Nations Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (UN-IPBES) Conference held at WII, Dehradun. The honours was done by Mr. Zakri Abdul Hamid, Chair, IPBES and facilitated by Dr. V. B. Mathur, Director, WII.

The Bulletin is a compilation of news and information on World Natural Heritage Sites in the Asia-Pacific Region. Among key events covered in this issue over the last quarter, viz. July – September 2015, include the 39^th Session of the World Heritage Centre at Bonn, appointment of a new Director of World Heritage Centre, respite for Australia’s Great Barrier Reef from the ‘in Danger’ list, extension of the Phong Nha-ke Bang property of Vietnam, International Workshop on Natural Heritage and Disaster hosted by C2C at WII in August 2015 among others. 

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