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

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: 94 SITES
  • Sort Alphabetically Z-A
Clear search
Critical

Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves

Niger
Inscribed in
1991
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns
 © IUCN / German Soler

Archipiélago de Revillagigedo

Mexico
Inscribed in
2016
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good

Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)

Australia
Inscribed in
1994
Criteria
(viii)
(ix)
Read more
Significant concern

Banc d'Arguin National Park

Mauritania
Inscribed in
1989
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System

Belize
Inscribed in
1996
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Blue and John Crow Mountains

Jamaica
Inscribed in
2015
Criteria
(iii)
(vi)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves

Brazil
Inscribed in
2001
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Uganda
Inscribed in
1994
Criteria
(vii)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks

Canada
Inscribed in
1984
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
Read more
Good

China Danxia

China
Inscribed in
2010
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
Read more
Significant concern

Chitwan National Park

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

Cocos Island National Park

Costa Rica
Inscribed in
1997
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection

Panama
Inscribed in
2005
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Danube Delta

Romania
Inscribed in
1991
Criteria
(vii)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Desembarco del Granma National Park

Cuba
Inscribed in
1999
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
Read more
Good

Dinosaur Provincial Park

Canada
Inscribed in
1979
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
Read more
Significant concern

Doñana National Park

Spain
Inscribed in
1994
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Critical

East Rennell

Solomon Islands
Inscribed in
1998
Criterion
(ix)
Read more
Good with some concerns

El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve

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

Everglades National Park

United States of America (USA)
Inscribed in
1979
Criteria
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good
© IUCN/Wendy Strahm

French Austral Lands and Seas

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

Galápagos Islands

Ecuador
Inscribed in
1978
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Gough and Inaccessible Islands

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK)
Inscribed in
1995
Criteria
(vii)
(x)
Read more
Critical

Great Barrier Reef

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

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

United States of America (USA)
Inscribed in
1983
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern
© IUCN/Hervé Lethier

Hyrcanian Forests

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Inscribed in
2019
Criterion
(ix)
Read more
Significant concern

Iguazú National Park

Argentina
Inscribed in
1984
Criteria
(vii)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Ilulissat Icefjord

Denmark
Inscribed in
2004
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
Read more
Good

Ischigualasto-Talampaya Natural Parks

Argentina
Inscribed in
2000
Criterion
(viii)
Read more
Good with some concerns

iSimangaliso Wetland Park

South Africa
Inscribed in
1999
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more

Pagination

  • Current page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Next page Next ›
  • 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