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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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  • Ocean acidification
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  • Temperature extremes
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  • Other Biological Resource Use
  • Storms/Flooding
  • Human Intrusions and Disturbance
  • Natural System Modifications
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  • Pollution
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  • Social/ Cultural Changes
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Benefit
  • Food
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  • Importance for research
  • Legal subsistence hunting of wild game
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  • Carbon sequestration
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  • Direct employment
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  • Collection of wild plants and mushrooms
  • Water
  • Soil stabilisation
  • Wilderness and iconic features
  • Tourism-related income
  • Contribution to education
  • Sustainable extraction of materials (e.g. coral, shells, resin, rubber, grass, rattan, etc)
  • Collection of medicinal resources for local use
  • Collection of genetic material
  • (-) Coastal protection
  • Outdoor recreation and tourism
  • Fishing areas and conservation of fish stocks
  • Sacred natural sites or landscapes
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  • Health and recreation
  • Sacred or symbolic plants or animals
  • (-) Traditional agriculture
  • Flood prevention
  • Natural beauty and scenery
  • Water provision (importance for water quantity and quality)
  • Cultural identity and sense of belonging
  • Knowledge
  • Livestock grazing areas
  • Pollination
  • Environmental services
  • 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

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: 8 SITES
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Significant concern

Darién National Park

Panama
Inscribed in
1981
Criteria
(vii)
(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
 © IUCN / Elena Osipova

Manú National Park

Peru
Inscribed in
1987
Criteria
(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
Significant concern

Serengeti National Park

Tanzania (United Republic of)
Inscribed in
1981
Criteria
(vii)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Socotra Archipelago

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

South China Karst

China
Inscribed in
2007
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Tikal National Park

Guatemala
Inscribed in
1979
Criteria
(i)
(iii)
(iv)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
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