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sanji
Sat Jun 22, 2013 8:21 pm

Re: Japanese sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List [E]
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http://whc.unesco.org/uploads/sites/site_1362.jpgOgasawara Islands

Date of in.scription : 2011
Criteria : (ix)

The property numbers more than 30 islands clustered in three groups and covers surface area of 7,939 hectares. The islands offer a variety of landscapes and are home to a wealth of fauna, including the Bonin Flying Fox, a critically endangered bat, and 195 endangered bird species. Four-hundred and forty-one native plant taxa have been documented on the islands whose waters support numerous species of fish, cetaceans and corals. Ogasawara Islands' ecosystems reflect a range of evolutionary processes illustrated through its assemblage of plant species from both southeast and northwest Asia, alongside many endemic species.
