Skip to main content
Home World Heritage Outlook

Main navigation

  • Results
  • Explore sites
  • Partners
  • Sites benefits
  • More
    • About the IUCN World Heritage Outlook
    • Understanding ratings
    • Methodology and consultation
    • FAQ
    • News
    • Resources
    • Contact us
    • Terms of use
    • Privacy Policy
  • Log in
You are here:
  1. Home
  2. Explore sites

Search all natural sites

or
Explore map
Clear search

Filters

Choose one or more filters to refine your search.
Region
  • Africa
  • Arab States
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • South America
Criteria
  • (vii) Superlative beauty
  • (viii) Earth’s history
  • (ix) Ecosystems
  • (x) Species
Rating
  • Good
  • Good with some concerns
  • Significant concern
  • Critical
Threat
  • Housing/ Urban Areas
  • Hunting and trapping
  • Oil/ Gas exploration/development
  • Water Pollution
  • Roads/ Railroads
  • Habitat Shifting/ Alteration
  • Fire/ Fire Suppression
  • Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge systems that result in negative impact
  • Crops
  • Tourism/ visitors/ recreation
  • Residential and Commercial Development
  • Invasive Non-Native/ Alien Species
  • Volcanic activity
  • Forestry/ Wood production
  • Dams/ Water Management or Use
  • War, Civil Unrest/ Military Exercises
  • Mining/ Quarrying
  • Utility / Service Lines
  • Household Sewage/ Urban Waste Water
  • Identity/social cohesion/ changes in local population and community that result in negative impact
  • Droughts
  • (-) Commercial/ Industrial Areas
  • Agriculture and Aquaculture
  • Problematic Native Species
  • Earthquakes/ Tsunamis
  • Other Activities
  • Shipping Lanes
  • Introduced Modified Genetic Material
  • Renewable Energy
  • Tourism/ Recreation Areas
  • Desertification
  • Avalanches/ Landslides
  • Energy Production and Mining
  • Logging/ Wood Harvesting
  • Other Ecosystem Modifications
  • Livestock Farming / Grazing
  • Industrial/ Military Effluents
  • Diseases/pathogens
  • Transportation and Service Corridors
  • Flight Paths
  • Ocean acidification
  • Agricultural effluents
  • (-) Erosion and Siltation/ Deposition
  • Collection of non-timber forest products (NTFPs)
  • Marine/ Freshwater Aquaculture
  • Biological Resource Use
  • Fishing / Harvesting Aquatic Resources
  • Solid Waste
  • Temperature extremes
  • Human Intrusions and Disturbance
  • Other Biological Resource Use
  • Air Pollution
  • Storms/Flooding
  • Natural System Modifications
  • Invasive and Other Problematic Species and Genes
  • Pollution
  • Geological Events
  • Climate Change and Severe Weather
  • Social/ Cultural Changes
  • Other
Benefit
  • Other
  • Food
  • Collection of resources for the pharmaceuticals industry
  • Collection of timber, e.g. fuelwood
  • Legal subsistence hunting of wild game
  • Access to drinking water
  • Direct employment
  • Carbon sequestration
  • History and tradition
  • Importance for research
  • Water
  • Tourism-related income
  • Contribution to education
  • Commercial wells
  • Sustainable extraction of materials (e.g. coral, shells, resin, rubber, grass, rattan, etc)
  • Wilderness and iconic features
  • Collection of wild plants and mushrooms
  • Soil stabilisation
  • Collection of medicinal resources for local use
  • Cultural and spiritual values
  • (-) Coastal protection
  • Collection of genetic material
  • Outdoor recreation and tourism
  • Sacred natural sites or landscapes
  • Fishing areas and conservation of fish stocks
  • Provision of jobs
  • Flood prevention
  • Traditional agriculture
  • Health and recreation
  • (-) Natural beauty and scenery
  • Sacred or symbolic plants or animals
  • Water provision (importance for water quantity and quality)
  • Knowledge
  • Livestock grazing areas
  • (-) Cultural identity and sense of belonging
  • Pollination
  • Environmental services
  • Materials
  • Contribution to local economy
  • Other
Designation
  • Biosphere reserve
  • IBA
  • KBA
  • Ramsar site
Theme

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.

>> Learn more about the assessment process

The gauge

the gauge

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

>> More details on ratings

RESULTS: 21 SITES
  • Sort Alphabetically Z-A
Clear search
Significant concern

Chitwan National Park

Nepal
Inscribed in
1984
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex

Thailand
Inscribed in
2005
Criterion
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Galápagos Islands

Ecuador
Inscribed in
1978
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Grand Canyon National Park

United States of America (USA)
Inscribed in
1979
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Critical

Great Barrier Reef

Australia
Inscribed in
1981
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Ha Long Bay

Viet Nam
Inscribed in
2000
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
Read more
Significant concern

Huascarán National Park

Peru
Inscribed in
1985
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
Read more
Significant concern
© IUCN/Hervé Lethier

Hyrcanian Forests

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Inscribed in
2019
Criterion
(ix)
Read more
Good with some concerns

iSimangaliso Wetland Park

South Africa
Inscribed in
1999
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Kaziranga National Park

India
Inscribed in
1985
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley

Kenya
Inscribed in
2011
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good

Lakes of Ounianga

Chad
Inscribed in
2012
Criterion
(vii)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Tanzania (United Republic of)
Inscribed in
1979
Criteria
(iv)
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Ningaloo Coast

Australia
Inscribed in
2011
Criteria
(vii)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Pantanal Conservation Area

Brazil
Inscribed in
2000
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns
 © IUCN / Naomi Doak

Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park

Sudan
Inscribed in
2016
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Škocjan Caves

Slovenia
Inscribed in
1986
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Tasmanian Wilderness

Australia
Inscribed in
1989
Criteria
(iii)
(iv)
(vi)
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Western Ghats

India
Inscribed in
2012
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good

Willandra Lakes Region

Australia
Inscribed in
1981
Criteria
(iii)
(viii)
Read more
Significant concern

Wood Buffalo National Park

Canada
Inscribed in
1983
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
  • Sort by:Alphabetically Z-A

Main navigation

  • Results
  • Explore sites
  • Partners
  • Sites benefits
  • More
    • About the IUCN World Heritage Outlook
    • Understanding ratings
    • Methodology and consultation
    • FAQ
    • News
    • Resources
    • Contact us
    • Terms of use
    • Privacy Policy
  • Log in

Share on:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin
IUCN WCPA

© International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources