Cape Floral Region Protected Areas

Cape Floral Region Protected Areas skrevs in på UNESCO:s världsarvslista 2004 som naturarv i South Africa. Platsen hör till regionen Africa.

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Världsarvet har varit en del av den gemensamma UNESCO-listan sedan 2004.

UNESCOInscribed on the World Heritage List in 2004, the property is located at the south-western extremity of South Africa. It is one of the world’s great centres of terrestrial biodiversity. The extended property includes national parks, nature reserves, wilderness areas, State forests and mountain catchment areas. These elements add a significant number of endemic species associated with the Fynbos vegetation, a fine-leaved sclerophyllic shrubland adapted to both a Mediterranean climate and periodic fires, which is unique to the Cape Floral Region.