World Heritage Papers 25 and 34 - World Heritage and Buffer Zones / Patriomone mondial et zones tampons. Sea of islands Pacific 2009 programme

Abstract

Buffer zones are an important tool for conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List. All along the history of implementation of the World Heritage Convention, the protection of the "surroundings" of inscribed properties was considered an essential component of the conservation strategy, for cultural and natural sites alike.