Study of the Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage of 1972, and a selection of some natural monuments specimens of Iran and their adaptation to the criteria of the

Biological diversity in Iran is in a way that it has formed exclusive and exceptional ecosystem which require protection as national heritage same as the way the global society has protected such phenomena as common mankind heritage through the Convention on Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972) in accordance with the selective-value based criteria implementing frameworks on the basis of originality, integrity and management in order to effectively protect such phenomenon at the present time and in the future.
Based on the studies, Iran has registered 17 global cultural heritage since 1975 (including Persepolis,Tchogha Zanbil, Takht-e soleyman, Bam and its cultural landscape, Soltaniyeh and Shahr-i-sokhta) whereas it has not registered any natural heritage yet and it has merely presented some suggestions to UNESCO.
In this regard, based on the library studies, interviews with experts and study of the upstream documents and existing regulations, certain areas of four regions which have been mostly recognized as habitats are more qualified due to their conformity with the selective-value based criteria.
Therefore, from 274 existing regions, 7 regions i.e.the National Park of Golestan, Kavir, Preserved district of Arasbaran, Genu, Arjan and Parishan, Touran National Park, Preservation and shelter for the wildlife, Miankaleh wildlife shelter were selected and after comparative study with the UNESCO Convention criteria, finally Golestan and Kavir Nationals Parks were suggested as natural phenomena for the registration in the list of the Convention's Natural heritage