Threats to ecology
suggested by World Heritage Outlook by IUCN
- hydropower projects - Sillahalla at nilgiris
- colonisation by exotic species - eucalyptus & acacia
- climate change
- tourism
- roads
Other factoids
- Kunming Montreal Global biodiversity framework
- UNESCO World heritage convention
- natural world heritage sites are less than 1% of Earth surface but nurture more than 20% of mapped global species richness