01816nas a2200217   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653001400043653005500057653002500112653003300137653003200170653002100202100002100223245010800244856015000352300001200502490000700514520105700521022002001578                                       d10aBehaviors10aCo-extinction of cultural and biological phenomena10aCultural inspiration10aIntangible cultural heritage10aIntangible Natural Heritage10aLiving phenomena1 aMarcel Robischon00aNonhuman Animal Behavioral Phenomena Are Central to the Emerging Concept of Intangible Natural Heritage  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85074488282&doi=10.1163%2f15685306-12341560&partnerID=40&md5=64e07187f1babfdfebf9378d69ab1f7c  a628-6450 v273 aIntangible natural heritage is a concept that has been addressed in several publications and that offers a new and expanded view onto world heritage conservation. However, the difference from intangible cultural heritage has not been clearly defined. One distinction in the categories of world heritage that are established in international conventions appears where “the intangible” is not created by humans but by a nonhuman animal. Living organisms sustain human life materially and provide inspiration to humans, both in their material form and by displaying behaviors, or via observable, yet not tangible, dynamic phenomena and processes. This includes migration patterns, aggregations, vocalizations or the formation of symbiotic and mutualistic inter-species relationships. Given the non-material character of these elements, their transmission by nonhuman living beings, and their importance to human culture, it is proposed that such phenomena are considered as intangible natural heritage sensu stricto in the discourse of world heritage.  a10631119 (ISSN)