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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: 5 SITES
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Good with some concerns

Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks

Canada
Inscribed in
1984
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
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Significant concern

Greater Blue Mountains Area

Australia
Inscribed in
2000
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
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Significant concern

Lake Malawi National Park

Malawi
Inscribed in
1984
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Ningaloo Coast

Australia
Inscribed in
2011
Criteria
(vii)
(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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