The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of World Heritage Sites around
the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity.
Brazil
has actually
17
properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (10 cultural sites and 7 natural sites).
Four of the seven natural sites are included in the
biome of the
Atlantic
Rainforest /
(
Mata Atlântica):
• Southeast Reserves,
• Discovery Coast Reserves,
• Foz do Iguaçu National Park
and
• Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves.