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Criteria
  • (vii) Superlative beauty
  • (viii) Earth’s history
  • (ix) Ecosystems
  • (x) Species
Rating
  • (-) Good
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Threat
  • Roads/ Railroads
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Benefit
  • Access to drinking water
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  • (-) Carbon sequestration
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  • Commercial wells
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  • Collection of medicinal resources for local use
  • Sacred natural sites or landscapes
  • Provision of jobs
  • Coastal protection
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  • Cultural and spiritual values
  • Outdoor recreation and tourism
  • (-) Sacred or symbolic plants or animals
  • Natural beauty and scenery
  • Flood prevention
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  • Traditional agriculture
  • (-) Knowledge
  • Livestock grazing areas
  • Cultural identity and sense of belonging
  • Water provision (importance for water quantity and quality)
  • Environmental services
  • Pollination
  • Contribution to local economy
Designation
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  • IBA
  • Ramsar site
Theme
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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

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RESULTS: 40 SITES
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Good

Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)

Australia
Inscribed in
1994
Criteria
(viii)
(ix)
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Good

Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst

Hungary
Slovakia
Inscribed in
1995
Criterion
(viii)
Read more
Good

Chengjiang Fossil Site

China
Inscribed in
2012
Criterion
(viii)
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Good

China Danxia

China
Inscribed in
2010
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
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Good

Dinosaur Provincial Park

Canada
Inscribed in
1979
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
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Good

Dorset and East Devon Coast

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK)
Inscribed in
2001
Criterion
(viii)
Read more
Good
© IUCN/Wendy Strahm

French Austral Lands and Seas

France
Inscribed in
2019
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good

Heard and McDonald Islands

Australia
Inscribed in
1997
Criteria
(viii)
(ix)
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Good

High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago

Finland
Sweden
Inscribed in
2000
Criterion
(viii)
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Good

Ischigualasto-Talampaya Natural Parks

Argentina
Inscribed in
2000
Criterion
(viii)
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Good

Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes

Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Inscribed in
2007
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
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Good

Joggins Fossil Cliffs

Canada
Inscribed in
2008
Criterion
(viii)
Read more
Good

Khangchendzonga National Park

India
Inscribed in
2016
Criteria
(iii)
(vi)
(vii)
(x)
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Good

Lakes of Ounianga

Chad
Inscribed in
2012
Criterion
(vii)
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Good

Laponian Area

Sweden
Inscribed in
1996
Criteria
(iii)
(v)
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
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Good

Lena Pillars Nature Park

Russian Federation
Inscribed in
2012
Criterion
(viii)
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Good

Lord Howe Island Group

Australia
Inscribed in
1982
Criteria
(vii)
(x)
Read more
Good
 © IUCN / Paul Williams

Lut Desert

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Inscribed in
2016
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
Read more
Good

Messel Pit Fossil Site

Germany
Inscribed in
1995
Criterion
(viii)
Read more
Good

Miguasha National Park

Canada
Inscribed in
1999
Criterion
(viii)
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Good

Mistaken Point

Canada
Inscribed in
2016
Criterion
(viii)
Read more
Good

Monte San Giorgio

Italy
Switzerland
Inscribed in
2003
Criterion
(viii)
Read more
Good

Mount Etna

Italy
Inscribed in
2013
Criterion
(viii)
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Good

Namib Sand Sea

Namibia
Inscribed in
2013
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
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Good

New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands

New Zealand
Inscribed in
1998
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good
© IUCN/Bastian Bertzky

Pimachiowin Aki

Canada
Inscribed in
2018
Criteria
(iii)
(vi)
(ix)
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Good

Purnululu National Park

Australia
Inscribed in
2003
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
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Good

Putorana Plateau

Russian Federation
Inscribed in
2010
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
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Good

Shirakami-Sanchi

Japan
Inscribed in
1993
Criterion
(ix)
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Good

St Kilda

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK)
Inscribed in
1986
Criteria
(iii)
(v)
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
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