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"Lena Pillars Nature Park - Potential World Heritage Property" booklet published

The booklet has been published just in time for the 36th annual session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. It will serve to support the nomination of the Lena Pillars Nature Park object from the Russian Federation.

Published booklet continues Natural Heritage Protection Fund's publishing project concerning existing and potential Russia's World Natural Heritage Properties including the properties already inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List / UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List and promising candidates for the inscription as World Heritage Properties.

The present booklet contains materials from the Lena Pillars Nature Park nomination dossier prepared in 2006 – 2010, materials prepared in 2011 in reply to a request by IUCN experts, a fossil check list, and a selection of support letters for the nomination from leading specialists in the field of Cambrian deposits and frozen ground karst.

"Virgin Komi Forests", "Golden Mountains of Altai", and "Volcanoes of Kamchatka" properties booklets were out of print previously, and also perspective property "Volga Delta" booklet. A total of 16-20 booklets supposed to be published in the series.

pdf Booklet "Lena Pillars Nature Park - Potential World Heritage Property"