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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

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: 19 SITES
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Good with some concerns
 © IUCN / German Soler

Archipiélago de Revillagigedo

Mexico
Inscribed in
2016
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
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Significant concern

Banc d'Arguin National Park

Mauritania
Inscribed in
1989
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System

Belize
Inscribed in
1996
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Cocos Island National Park

Costa Rica
Inscribed in
1997
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Critical

East Rennell

Solomon Islands
Inscribed in
1998
Criterion
(ix)
Read more
Good
© IUCN/Wendy Strahm

French Austral Lands and Seas

France
Inscribed in
2019
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
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Significant concern

Galápagos Islands

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

Great Barrier Reef

Australia
Inscribed in
1981
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
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Good

High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago

Finland
Sweden
Inscribed in
2000
Criterion
(viii)
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Significant concern

Komodo National Park

Indonesia
Inscribed in
1991
Criteria
(vii)
(x)
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Good

Lord Howe Island Group

Australia
Inscribed in
1982
Criteria
(vii)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Macquarie Island

Australia
Inscribed in
1997
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
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Good

New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands

New Zealand
Inscribed in
1998
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Ningaloo Coast

Australia
Inscribed in
2011
Criteria
(vii)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Ogasawara Islands

Japan
Inscribed in
2011
Criterion
(ix)
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Good with some concerns

Phoenix Islands Protected Area

Kiribati
Inscribed in
2010
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
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Good with some concerns

Rock Islands Southern Lagoon

Palau
Inscribed in
2012
Criteria
(iii)
(v)
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park

Philippines
Inscribed in
1993
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaíno

Mexico
Inscribed in
1993
Criterion
(x)
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