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Criteria
  • (-) (vii) Superlative beauty
  • (viii) Earth’s history
  • (ix) Ecosystems
  • (x) Species
Rating
  • Good with some concerns
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Threat
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Benefit
  • Legal subsistence hunting of wild game
  • Food
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  • Direct employment
  • Carbon sequestration
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  • (-) Collection of wild plants and mushrooms
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  • Soil stabilisation
  • Water
  • Contribution to education
  • Tourism-related income
  • Commercial wells
  • Sustainable extraction of materials (e.g. coral, shells, resin, rubber, grass, rattan, etc)
  • Collection of medicinal resources for local use
  • Fishing areas and conservation of fish stocks
  • Coastal protection
  • Outdoor recreation and tourism
  • Provision of jobs
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  • Health and recreation
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  • Water provision (importance for water quantity and quality)
  • Knowledge
  • Cultural identity and sense of belonging
  • Environmental services
  • Pollination
  • Materials
  • Contribution to local economy
Designation
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  • IBA
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  • Ramsar site
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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

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: 7 SITES
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Significant concern

Doñana National Park

Spain
Inscribed in
1994
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve

Mexico
Inscribed in
2013
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Lake Baikal

Russian Federation
Inscribed in
1996
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
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

Redwood National and State Parks

United States of America (USA)
Inscribed in
1980
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
Read more
Critical

Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra

Indonesia
Inscribed in
2004
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Volcanoes of Kamchatka

Russian Federation
Inscribed in
1996
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
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