When did Kakadu National Park gain its world heritage status?
Kakadu has been listed on the World Heritage List for both its natural and cultural value. Stage one was inscribed in 1981 and stage two in 1987. The whole of the park was listed in December 1992. The records of the 1992 meeting of the World Heritage Committee that considered the consolidated listing of Kakadu commended the Australian authorities ‘for concluding a 10 year programme to extend the park and for the exemplary management operation at the park’. The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage is concerned with identifying, protecting and conserving cultural or natural features of outstanding universal value. Parties to the Convention undertake to identify, protect, conserve, present and transmit to future generations the World Heritage properties on their territory.
