Ecuador Sangay National Park		Seychelles Aldabra Atoll
	Honduras Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve		South Africa Greater St Lucia Wetland Park
	India Manas Wildlife Sanctuary		Uganda Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
	India Kaziranga National Park		United Republic of Tanzania Serengeti National Park
	Nepal Royal Chitwan National Park		Venezuela Canaima National Park

Seychelles - Aldabra Atoll

IUCN Management Category: Ia (Strict Nature Reserve)
Natural World Heritage Site: Criteria ii, iii, iv

Aldabra is a classic coral atoll, 34km long by maximum of 14.5km wide, which has been built up from the seabed. It comprises four main islands of coral limestone separated by narrow passes and encloses a large shallow lagoon. Most of the land surface comprises ancient coral reef (about 125,000 years old) now raised about 8m above sea-level. The atoll is in the Mozambique Channel, situated approximately 400km north-west of Madagascar and 680km east of the East African mainland. Due to difficulties of access and the atoll's isolation, Aldabra has been protected from human influence and has become a refuge for some 152,000 giant tortoises, the world's largest population of this reptile. The atoll was first designated a strict nature reserve in 1976 and was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1982.

Links:
http://www.unesco.org/whc/sites/185.htm
http://www.wcmc.org.uk:80/protected_areas/data/wh/aldabra.html
Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) Official site: http://www.sif.sc/sif/intro_sif.htm