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Criteria
  • (vii) Superlative beauty
  • (-) (viii) Earth’s history
  • (ix) Ecosystems
  • (x) Species
Rating
  • Good
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Threat
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  • Social/ Cultural Changes
  • Other
Benefit
  • Importance for research
  • Legal subsistence hunting of wild game
  • Food
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  • History and tradition
  • Access to drinking water
  • (-) Carbon sequestration
  • Contribution to education
  • Collection of medicinal resources for local use
  • Water
  • Sustainable extraction of materials (e.g. coral, shells, resin, rubber, grass, rattan, etc)
  • Wilderness and iconic features
  • Tourism-related income
  • Soil stabilisation
  • Collection of wild plants and mushrooms
  • Commercial wells
  • Coastal protection
  • Provision of jobs
  • Outdoor recreation and tourism
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  • (-) Cultural and spiritual values
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  • Traditional agriculture
  • Health and recreation
  • (-) Flood prevention
  • Cultural identity and sense of belonging
  • Water provision (importance for water quantity and quality)
  • (-) Livestock grazing areas
  • (-) Knowledge
  • Environmental services
  • Materials
  • Contribution to local economy
Designation
  • Biosphere reserve
  • 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.

>> 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: 5 SITES
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Significant concern

Lake Baikal

Russian Federation
Inscribed in
1996
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
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Critical

Lake Turkana National Parks

Kenya
Inscribed in
1997
Criteria
(viii)
(x)
Read more
Critical

Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve

Honduras
Inscribed in
1982
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas

China
Inscribed in
2003
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good

Wadden Sea

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