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  • (vii) Superlative beauty
  • (viii) Earth’s history
  • (ix) Ecosystems
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Rating
  • Good with some concerns
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Threat
  • Housing/ Urban Areas
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  • Diseases/pathogens
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  • Solid Waste
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  • Human Intrusions and Disturbance
  • Air Pollution
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  • Social/ Cultural Changes
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Benefit
  • Collection of timber, e.g. fuelwood
  • Food
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  • Legal subsistence hunting of wild game
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  • Direct employment
  • Carbon sequestration
  • (-) History and tradition
  • Sustainable extraction of materials (e.g. coral, shells, resin, rubber, grass, rattan, etc)
  • Commercial wells
  • Water
  • Collection of medicinal resources for local use
  • Soil stabilisation
  • Collection of wild plants and mushrooms
  • Wilderness and iconic features
  • Tourism-related income
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  • Collection of genetic material
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  • Cultural and spiritual values
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  • Natural beauty and scenery
  • Sacred or symbolic plants or animals
  • (-) Traditional agriculture
  • Flood prevention
  • Health and recreation
  • Livestock grazing areas
  • 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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  • Geopark
  • IBA
  • 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

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: 10 SITES
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Significant concern

Białowieża Forest

Belarus
Poland
Inscribed in
1992
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
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Critical

Everglades National Park

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

Lake Baikal

Russian Federation
Inscribed in
1996
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Laurisilva of Madeira

Portugal
Inscribed in
1999
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern
 © IUCN / Elena Osipova

Manú National Park

Peru
Inscribed in
1987
Criteria
(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
Significant concern

Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park

Viet Nam
Inscribed in
2003
Criteria
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Pyrénées - Mont Perdu

France
Spain
Inscribed in
1997
Criteria
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vii)
(viii)
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Significant concern

Socotra Archipelago

Yemen
Inscribed in
2008
Criterion
(x)
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Good with some concerns

South China Karst

China
Inscribed in
2007
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
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