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
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
Criteria
  • (vii) Superlative beauty
  • (viii) Earth’s history
  • (ix) Ecosystems
  • (x) Species
Rating
  • (-) Good
  • Good with some concerns
  • Significant concern
  • Critical
Threat
  • Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge systems that result in negative impact
  • Hunting and trapping
  • Oil/ Gas exploration/development
  • Invasive Non-Native/ Alien Species
  • Housing/ Urban Areas
  • Volcanic activity
  • (-) Water Pollution
  • Tourism/ visitors/ recreation
  • Crops
  • Residential and Commercial Development
  • Habitat Shifting/ Alteration
  • Roads/ Railroads
  • Fire/ Fire Suppression
  • Problematic Native Species
  • War, Civil Unrest/ Military Exercises
  • Utility / Service Lines
  • Droughts
  • (-) Earthquakes/ Tsunamis
  • Dams/ Water Management or Use
  • Household Sewage/ Urban Waste Water
  • Agriculture and Aquaculture
  • (-) Mining/ Quarrying
  • Avalanches/ Landslides
  • Logging/ Wood Harvesting
  • Tourism/ Recreation Areas
  • Other Activities
  • Renewable Energy
  • Energy Production and Mining
  • Shipping Lanes
  • Livestock Farming / Grazing
  • Industrial/ Military Effluents
  • Desertification
  • Diseases/pathogens
  • Flight Paths
  • Ocean acidification
  • Erosion and Siltation/ Deposition
  • Transportation and Service Corridors
  • Agricultural effluents
  • Temperature extremes
  • Solid Waste
  • Biological Resource Use
  • Fishing / Harvesting Aquatic Resources
  • Marine/ Freshwater Aquaculture
  • Air Pollution
  • Human Intrusions and Disturbance
  • Storms/Flooding
  • Natural System Modifications
  • Invasive and Other Problematic Species and Genes
  • Pollution
  • Geological Events
  • Climate Change and Severe Weather
  • Social/ Cultural Changes
  • Other
Benefit
  • Importance for research
  • Access to drinking water
  • Food
  • History and tradition
  • Direct employment
  • Carbon sequestration
  • Legal subsistence hunting of wild game
  • Water
  • Tourism-related income
  • Commercial wells
  • Soil stabilisation
  • Collection of medicinal resources for local use
  • Collection of wild plants and mushrooms
  • Wilderness and iconic features
  • Contribution to education
  • Fishing areas and conservation of fish stocks
  • Coastal protection
  • Cultural and spiritual values
  • Provision of jobs
  • Sacred natural sites or landscapes
  • Outdoor recreation and tourism
  • (-) Traditional agriculture
  • Natural beauty and scenery
  • Flood prevention
  • Sacred or symbolic plants or animals
  • Health and recreation
  • Water provision (importance for water quantity and quality)
  • Livestock grazing areas
  • Knowledge
  • Cultural identity and sense of belonging
  • Environmental services
  • Pollination
  • (-) Contribution to local economy
Designation
  • Biosphere reserve
  • Geopark
  • Ramsar site
Theme
  • Mountain

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: 10 SITES
  • Sort Alphabetically Z-A
Clear search
Good

China Danxia

China
Inscribed in
2010
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
Read more
Good

Khangchendzonga National Park

India
Inscribed in
2016
Criteria
(iii)
(vi)
(vii)
(x)
Read more
Good

Lakes of Ounianga

Chad
Inscribed in
2012
Criterion
(vii)
Read more
Good

Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary

Philippines
Inscribed in
2014
Criterion
(x)
Read more
Good

Mount Sanqingshan National Park

China
Inscribed in
2008
Criterion
(vii)
Read more
Good
© IUCN/Bastian Bertzky

Pimachiowin Aki

Canada
Inscribed in
2018
Criteria
(iii)
(vi)
(ix)
Read more
Good

Stevns Klint

Denmark
Inscribed in
2014
Criterion
(viii)
Read more
Good
© IUCN/Bastian Bertzky

Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice

Iceland
Inscribed in
2019
Criterion
(viii)
Read more
Good

Wadden Sea

Denmark
Germany
Netherlands
Inscribed in
2009
Criteria
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good

West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord

Norway
Inscribed in
2005
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
Read more
  • 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