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Criteria
  • (vii) Superlative beauty
  • (-) (viii) Earth’s history
  • (ix) Ecosystems
  • (x) Species
Rating
  • Good
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Threat
  • Tourism/ visitors/ recreation
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  • Habitat Shifting/ Alteration
  • Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge systems that result in negative impact
  • Water Pollution
  • Roads/ Railroads
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  • Residential and Commercial Development
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  • Problematic Native Species
  • Identity/social cohesion/ changes in local population and community that result in negative impact
  • Earthquakes/ Tsunamis
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  • Other Ecosystem Modifications
  • Energy Production and Mining
  • Renewable Energy
  • Introduced Modified Genetic Material
  • (-) Tourism/ Recreation Areas
  • Other Activities
  • Livestock Farming / Grazing
  • Logging/ Wood Harvesting
  • Shipping Lanes
  • Diseases/pathogens
  • Agricultural effluents
  • Erosion and Siltation/ Deposition
  • Flight Paths
  • (-) Ocean acidification
  • Collection of non-timber forest products (NTFPs)
  • Transportation and Service Corridors
  • Solid Waste
  • Fishing / Harvesting Aquatic Resources
  • Temperature extremes
  • Biological Resource Use
  • Storms/Flooding
  • Air Pollution
  • Other Biological Resource Use
  • Human Intrusions and Disturbance
  • Natural System Modifications
  • Invasive and Other Problematic Species and Genes
  • Pollution
  • Geological Events
  • Climate Change and Severe Weather
  • Social/ Cultural Changes
  • Other
Benefit
  • Food
  • Carbon sequestration
  • History and tradition
  • Importance for research
  • Direct employment
  • Access to drinking water
  • Legal subsistence hunting of wild game
  • Soil stabilisation
  • Wilderness and iconic features
  • Collection of wild plants and mushrooms
  • Water
  • Contribution to education
  • Commercial wells
  • Tourism-related income
  • Sustainable extraction of materials (e.g. coral, shells, resin, rubber, grass, rattan, etc)
  • Collection of medicinal resources for local use
  • Fishing areas and conservation of fish stocks
  • Coastal protection
  • Outdoor recreation and tourism
  • Provision of jobs
  • Sacred natural sites or landscapes
  • Cultural and spiritual values
  • Natural beauty and scenery
  • Traditional agriculture
  • Health and recreation
  • Flood prevention
  • Sacred or symbolic plants or animals
  • (-) Livestock grazing areas
  • Water provision (importance for water quantity and quality)
  • (-) Knowledge
  • Cultural identity and sense of belonging
  • Pollination
  • Environmental services
  • Materials
  • Contribution to local economy
Designation
  • (-) Biosphere reserve
  • Geopark
  • IBA
  • KBA
  • Ramsar site
Theme

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

>> More details on ratings

RESULTS: 8 SITES
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Significant concern

Galápagos Islands

Ecuador
Inscribed in
1978
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
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Good

Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes

Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Inscribed in
2007
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
Read more
Significant concern

Lake Baikal

Russian Federation
Inscribed in
1996
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Tanzania (United Republic of)
Inscribed in
1979
Criteria
(iv)
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
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Significant concern

Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park

Viet Nam
Inscribed in
2003
Criteria
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Pyrénées - Mont Perdu

France
Spain
Inscribed in
1997
Criteria
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vii)
(viii)
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Good with some concerns

South China Karst

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

Tassili n'Ajjer

Algeria
Inscribed in
1982
Criteria
(i)
(iii)
(vii)
(viii)
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