The Afromontane forests of the Southern Cape, most of them part of the Garden Route National Park, are up for a listing on the World Heritage List. The list is compiled by Unesco, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature received a nomination in March 2014 to double the existing World Heritage site. The current site is 557 584 hectares and includes Table Mountain National Park, Agulhas complex, Langeberg complex and the Garden Route complex.
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