WHAT IS NATURAL HERITAGE? And which are the THREATS to natural heritage (caused by human activity)?
Natural heritage is an important part of our world's cultural heritage. It consists of natural areas of outstanding universal values, treasured for their beauty, special geological features, and biodiversity. Our natural world heritage is under threat from many factors, many of them derived from human activity. The main threats to natural heritage are climate change, invasive species, and the negative impacts of tourism. Other threats to natural world heritage include man-made constructions, exploitation of earth’s resources such as oil and gas, and mining, and plastic pollution. All these factors pose severe risks to our world's natural heritage and represent severe threats to biodiversity. In this video, I'm summarizing all these threats to natural heritage, discussing the effects of climate change on the environment, the effects of plastic pollution on marine life, and the human threats to biodiversity. Understanding that our world's natural heritage is under threat is the first step in taking action against these threats and preserving our world's natural sites and biodiversity.

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Timecodes:
0:00 – Intro to natural heritage
0:53 – What is natural heritage?
1:41 – Threats to natural heritage preservation
2:32 – Climate change threats to natural heritage
3:13 – Climate change threats to coral reefs
3:40 – Climate change threats to glaciers
4:32 – Invasive alien species threats to natural heritage
5:12 – Human activity threats to natural heritage
5: 28 – Infrastructure threats to natural heritage
6:11 – Plastics threats to natural heritage
6:53 – Tourism threats to natural heritage
7:51 – Plastic pollution of Rapa Nui
8:27 – Importance of natural heritage preservation

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About me: My name is Maria Baias. I'm a scientist and a Sci-Fi/Fantasy writer. When I was working in academia, in my research, I use different scientific methods to study precious objects of cultural heritage, such as ancient mummies and bones, paintings, and violins. One of my scientific research projects involves developing a scientific method to identify fake paintings. I love our world heritage and I want to share with the world fascinating cultural heritage stories through my videos, my blog, and my novels.

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