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