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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: 22 SITES
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Significant concern

Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe

Albania
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Germany
Italy
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Ukraine
Inscribed in
2007
Criterion
(ix)
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Good

Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)

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

Central Highlands of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka
Inscribed in
2010
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
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Significant concern

Chitwan National Park

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

Comoé National Park

Côte d'Ivoire
Inscribed in
1983
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves

Brazil
Inscribed in
1999
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
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Critical

East Rennell

Solomon Islands
Inscribed in
1998
Criterion
(ix)
Read more
Significant concern
 © IUCN / Guy Debonnet

Ennedi Massif: Natural and Cultural Landscape

Chad
Inscribed in
2016
Criteria
(iii)
(vii)
(ix)
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Significant concern

Gondwana Rainforests of Australia

Australia
Inscribed in
1986
Criteria
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
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Significant concern

Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley

Kenya
Inscribed in
2011
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
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Significant concern

Lorentz National Park

Indonesia
Inscribed in
1999
Criteria
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
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Significant concern

Manas Wildlife Sanctuary

India
Inscribed in
1985
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest

Kenya
Inscribed in
1997
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
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Good with some concerns
Okavango Delta, Botswana. © IUCN Peter Howard

Okavango Delta

Botswana
Inscribed in
2014
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Redwood National and State Parks

United States of America (USA)
Inscribed in
1980
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
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Critical

Salonga National Park

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Inscribed in
1984
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
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Good with some concerns

Shark Bay, Western Australia

Australia
Inscribed in
1991
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Sundarbans National Park

India
Inscribed in
1987
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Tasmanian Wilderness

Australia
Inscribed in
1989
Criteria
(iii)
(iv)
(vi)
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
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Significant concern

The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities

Iraq
Inscribed in
2016
Criteria
(iii)
(v)
(ix)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve

Seychelles
Inscribed in
1983
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Wet Tropics of Queensland

Australia
Inscribed in
1988
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
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