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Blue and John Crow Mountains, Jamaica
- 2. The Blue and John Crow Mountains has become Jamaica’s first World
Heritage site, after IUCN evaluated its outstanding natural values.
- 3. It is inscribed as a “mixed” natural and cultural World Heritage site
and comprises 26,252 hectares of tropical, montane rainforest.
- 4. The site is part of the larger Blue and John Crow Mountain ranges,
covering approximately 20% of the island’s total landmass.
- 5. The World Heritage listing of the Blue and John Crow Mountains
recognizes the interaction between its natural and cultural values.
- 7. The site overlaps with one of the world’s 78 most irreplaceable
areas for the conservation of amphibian, bird and mammal species.
- 8. Half of the flowering plants that grow above 900 to 1000 metres
high in the site can’t be found elsewhere in the world.
- 9. The buffer zone around the site is needed to ensure the site’s
natural values are protected from deforestation and agriculture.