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OUV Analysis and Global Comparative Study of Karakoram-Pamir World Natural Heritage Potential Area

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  • Ruiyao Xu

    (State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China)

  • Zhaoping Yang

    (State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China)

  • Xiaoliang Xu

    (State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China
    College of Tourism, Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics, Urumqi 830012, China)

Abstract

The analysis and global comparison of World Natural Heritage values are important for the assessment of World Natural Heritage and are relevant for the sustainable development of the nominated potential areas. Pamir Plateau, known as the “Spring Ridge”, with the world’s largest mountain junction—Pamir mountain junction—is known as the ancestor of mountains and the source of rivers. The nominated Karakorum-Pamir site was inscribed on the World Heritage Tentative List in 2010. In this paper, the characteristics of heritage resources in two areas of the Karakoram-Pamir heritage potential area are systematically analyzed according to the standard of Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of world heritage by comprehensive analysis and geographical comparison. It puts forward that the aesthetics, geology, and biological ecology of this region are of global outstanding universal value. It is concluded that the Karakoram-Pamir Heritage Potential area meets the criteria of world natural Heritage (VII), (VIII), and (X). By comparing with 15 large mountain heritages listed in the World Heritage list, it is concluded that the Karakoram-Pamir area in Xinjiang has an OUV of world heritage and a potential of declaring world natural heritage. This study lays a scientific foundation for the declaration of Xinjiang Karakoram-Pamir as a World Heritage site.

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  • Ruiyao Xu & Zhaoping Yang & Xiaoliang Xu, 2022. "OUV Analysis and Global Comparative Study of Karakoram-Pamir World Natural Heritage Potential Area," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(19), pages 1-15, October.
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    1. Zhi Wang & Zhaoping Yang & Hui Shi & Fang Han & Qin Liu & Jianwei Qi & Yayan Lu, 2020. "Ecosystem Health Assessment of World Natural Heritage Sites Based on Remote Sensing and Field Sampling Verification: Bayanbulak as Case Study," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-21, March.
    2. Stephen F. Cunha, 2017. "Perestroika to Parkland: The Evolution of Land Protection in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan," Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 107(2), pages 465-479, March.
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