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Conservation outlook assessments

Search all natural World Heritage sites and learn how likely they are to maintain Outstanding Universal Value over time. The Conservation Outlook Assessments are based on best available information mobilized from a wide range of sources, and we welcome feedback to help improve them.

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The gauge reflects the conservation outlook of sites inscribed as World Heritage under the natural criteria vii, viii, ix and x. Each site has received a rating according to the state and trends of its values, threats, and protection and management

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Significant concern

Tugay forests of the Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve

Tajikistan

Inscribed in

2023

Criterion

(ix)

Significant concern

Ujung Kulon National Park

Indonesia

Inscribed in

1991

Criteria

(vii)

(x)

Good

Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park

Australia

Inscribed in

1994

Criteria

(v)

(vi)

(vii)

(viii)

Good with some concerns

Uvs Nuur Basin

Mongolia

Russian Federation

Inscribed in

2003

Criteria

(ix)

(x)

Good with some concerns

Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve

Seychelles

Inscribed in

1983

Criteria

(vii)

(viii)

(ix)

(x)

Good

Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice

Iceland

Inscribed in

2019

Criterion

(viii)

Good with some concerns

Virgin Komi Forests

Russian Federation

Inscribed in

1995

Criteria

(vii)

(ix)

Critical

Virunga National Park

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Inscribed in

1979

Criteria

(vii)

(viii)

(x)

Good

Vjetrenica Cave, Ravno

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Inscribed in

2024

Criterion

(x)

Significant concern

Volcanoes and Forests of Mount Pelée and the Pitons of Northern Martinique

France

Inscribed in

2023

Criteria

(viii)

(x)

Significant concern

Volcanoes of Kamchatka

Russian Federation

Inscribed in

1996

Criteria

(vii)

(viii)

(ix)

(x)

Significant concern

Vredefort Dome

South Africa

Inscribed in

2005

Criterion

(viii)

Significant concern

W-Arly-Pendjari Complex

Benin

Burkina Faso

Niger

Inscribed in

1996

Criteria

(ix)

(x)

Good with some concerns

Wadden Sea

Denmark

Germany

Netherlands

Inscribed in

2009

Criteria

(viii)

(ix)

(x)

Good

Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)

Egypt

Inscribed in

2005

Criterion

(viii)

Good with some concerns

Wadi Rum Protected Area

Jordan

Inscribed in

2011

Criteria

(iii)

(v)

(vii)

Good with some concerns

Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park

Canada

United States of America (USA)

Inscribed in

1995

Criteria

(vii)

(ix)

Good with some concerns

West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord

Norway

Inscribed in

2005

Criteria

(vii)

(viii)

Significant concern

Western Caucasus

Russian Federation

Inscribed in

1999

Criteria

(ix)

(x)

Significant concern

Western Ghats

India

Inscribed in

2012

Criteria

(ix)

(x)

Significant concern

Western Tien-Shan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Uzbekistan

Inscribed in

2016

Criterion

(x)

Significant concern

Wet Tropics of Queensland

Australia

Inscribed in

1988

Criteria

(vii)

(viii)

(ix)

(x)

Good with some concerns

Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaíno

Mexico

Inscribed in

1993

Criterion

(x)

Good

Willandra Lakes Region

Australia

Inscribed in

1981

Criteria

(iii)

(viii)

Significant concern

Wood Buffalo National Park

Canada

Inscribed in

1983

Criteria

(vii)

(ix)

(x)

Good with some concerns

Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area

China

Inscribed in

1992

Criterion

(vii)

Good with some concerns

Xinjiang Tianshan

China

Inscribed in

2013

Criteria

(vii)

(ix)

Good with some concerns

Yakushima

Japan

Inscribed in

1993

Criteria

(vii)

(ix)

Good with some concerns

Yellowstone National Park

United States of America (USA)

Inscribed in

1978

Criteria

(vii)

(viii)

(ix)

(x)

Significant concern

Yosemite National Park

United States of America (USA)

Inscribed in

1984

Criteria

(vii)

(viii)