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This article lists the sites registered with World Heritage To St. LUCIA.

Statistics

St. LUCIA ratify the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage on October 14, 1991. The first protected site was inscribed in 2004.

St. LUCIA account 1 site registered with World Heritage, natural.

Listing

The following site is listed as a World Heritage Site.

Site	Type	Criterion	Description	Drawing
13.807-61.071 Pitons management area	Natural	(vii), (viii)	The site of 2 909 Ha, near the city of Soufriere, includes the Pitons, two volcanic needles springing, side by side, from the sea (respectively at 770 m and 743 m height). Gros Piton and Petit Piton are linked by the ridge of Piton Mitan. The volcanic complex of the area has a geothermal field (solfatare) with sulphurous fumaroles and hot springs. Coral reefs cover almost 60% of the site's marine area. One study revealed 168 species of fish, 60 species of cnidarians, including corals, 8 molluscs, 14 sponges, 11 echinoderms, 15 arthropods and 8 annelids. The dominant terrestrial vegetation is tropical rainforest which becomes subtropical rainforest with small areas of dry forest and areas of humid sprite woods on the peaks. At least 148 plant species have been recorded on Gros Piton, 97 on Petit Piton and the intermediate ridge. There are 8 rare tree species. On Gros Piton, there are some 27 species of birds (5 of which are endemic), 3 native rodents, 1 opossum, 3 bats, 8 reptiles and 3 amphibians.	UNESCO sheet
Criteria legend (i) Represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. (ii) To testify to a considerable exchange of influences during a given period or in a specific cultural area, on the development of architecture or technology, monumental arts, city planning or the creation of landscapes. (iii) To bring a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or a living or disappeared civilization. (iv) To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates one or more significant periods in human history. (v) Be a prominent example of traditional human settlement, traditional use of land or sea. (vi) To be directly or materially associated with events or living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (vii) Represent natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. (viii) To be eminently representative examples of the great stages in the history of the Earth. (ix) To be eminently representative examples of ecological and biological processes underway in the evolution and development of ecosystems. (x) Contain the most representative natural habitats and the most important for conservation in situ of biological diversity.

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