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  • (vii) Superlative beauty
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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 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
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Archipiélago de Revillagigedo

Mexico
Inscribed in
2016
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Blue and John Crow Mountains

Jamaica
Inscribed in
2015
Criteria
(iii)
(vi)
(x)
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Significant concern

Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection

Panama
Inscribed in
2005
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
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Critical

Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve

Honduras
Inscribed in
1982
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(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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