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Criteria
  • (vii) Superlative beauty
  • (viii) Earth’s history
  • (ix) Ecosystems
  • (x) Species
Rating
  • Good
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Threat
  • Housing/ Urban Areas
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  • Ocean acidification
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  • Biological Resource Use
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  • Human Intrusions and Disturbance
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  • Pollution
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  • Climate Change and Severe Weather
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Benefit
  • Access to drinking water
  • Legal subsistence hunting of wild game
  • (-) Importance for research
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  • Food
  • History and tradition
  • Carbon sequestration
  • Direct employment
  • Water
  • Collection of wild plants and mushrooms
  • Tourism-related income
  • (-) Wilderness and iconic features
  • Contribution to education
  • Commercial wells
  • Soil stabilisation
  • Sustainable extraction of materials (e.g. coral, shells, resin, rubber, grass, rattan, etc)
  • Collection of medicinal resources for local use
  • Sacred natural sites or landscapes
  • Collection of genetic material
  • Provision of jobs
  • Outdoor recreation and tourism
  • Cultural and spiritual values
  • Fishing areas and conservation of fish stocks
  • (-) Traditional agriculture
  • Health and recreation
  • Natural beauty and scenery
  • Flood prevention
  • Sacred or symbolic plants or animals
  • Cultural identity and sense of belonging
  • Livestock grazing areas
  • Water provision (importance for water quantity and quality)
  • Knowledge
  • Environmental services
  • Materials
  • Contribution to local economy
Designation
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  • Geopark
  • (-) IBA
  • KBA
  • 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

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RESULTS: 9 SITES
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Significant concern

Chitwan National Park

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

Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves

Brazil
Inscribed in
1999
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex

Thailand
Inscribed in
2005
Criterion
(x)
Read more
Good

Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes

Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Inscribed in
2007
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
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Significant concern
 © IUCN / Elena Osipova

Manú National Park

Peru
Inscribed in
1987
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park

Viet Nam
Inscribed in
2003
Criteria
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Sinharaja Forest Reserve

Sri Lanka
Inscribed in
1988
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

South China Karst

China
Inscribed in
2007
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
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Critical

Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra

Indonesia
Inscribed in
2004
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
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