The sites (495.3 ha) and their surrounding forest landscape reflect a persistent and extraordinarily well-documented tradition of sacred mountains over 1, 200 years.

UNESCO: Culture

We are bringing people who are working on forest restoration together, as well as increasing understanding of the contribution that forest landscape restoration can make in addressing climate change.

CNN: Forests size of Russia 'could be restored'

The map was drawn up by the World Resources Institute, South Dakota University and IUCN, for the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration ahead of the launch of the United Nations International Year of Forests 2011.

CNN: Forests size of Russia 'could be restored'

Chimney Rock, located in the San Juan National Forest in southwestern Colorado, offers a spectacular landscape rich in history and Native American culture.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

The landscape is an intricate patchwork quilt of woodland, forest, parkland and wetland, with 30% covered with lakes and waterways.

BBC: Fermanagh: Northern Ireland's lakeland county

White Rose Forest - a volunteer-led initiative set up to improve the West Yorkshire landscape by planting trees - has expanded into North Yorkshire.

BBC: Yorkshire Dales

After a short flight from Kathmandu to the mountain hamlet of Lukla, it took me 12 days to reach Base Camp, trekking 160km and climbing 10, 000 feet, hiking through dense forest, over a dozen suspension bridges, above the tree line and, finally, into a frozen landscape of ancient rock and glacial ice.

BBC: Everest's growing problem