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| The New Caledonia Postal Services Released A Sheetlet Of Stamps On The World Heritage Site Lagoons Of New Caledonia On August 5th 2011 | ||||||
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| The Lagoons of the New Caledonia was inscribed in the World Heritage List in July 2008 for its natural beauty, biological diversity and ecological processes. The Lagoons Of New Caledonia is an outstanding example of high diversity coral reef ecosystems, only next to the Great Barrier reef In Australia .It is one of the three most extensive reef systems in the world. There are around 146 types of coral reef based on a global classification system.The Lagoons of New Caledonia are home to dramatic displays of coral diversity, massive coral structures, together with arches, caves and major fissures in the reefs. The Lagoons of the New Caledonia provide habitat to a number of endangered fish, turtles,and marine mammals, including the third largest population of dugongs in the world. The reef complex is unique in that it is "free-standing" in the ocean and encircles the island of New Caledonia. The New Caledonia Lagoon is one of the planet earth's best examples of the ecological processes underlying tropical lagoon and coral reef ecosystems.The Lagoons contain diverse reefs of varying age from living reefs to ancient fossil reefs, providing an important source of information on the natural history of Oceans. | ||||||
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