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Criteria
  • (vii) Superlative beauty
  • (viii) Earth’s history
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Designation
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Theme
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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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Significant concern

Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe

Albania
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Germany
Italy
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Ukraine
Inscribed in
2007
Criterion
(ix)
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Significant concern

Central Highlands of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka
Inscribed in
2010
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
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Significant concern

Chitwan National Park

Nepal
Inscribed in
1984
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
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Significant concern
 © IUCN / Guy Debonnet

Ennedi Massif: Natural and Cultural Landscape

Chad
Inscribed in
2016
Criteria
(iii)
(vii)
(ix)
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Significant concern

Gondwana Rainforests of Australia

Australia
Inscribed in
1986
Criteria
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
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Significant concern

Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley

Kenya
Inscribed in
2011
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
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Significant concern

Lorentz National Park

Indonesia
Inscribed in
1999
Criteria
(viii)
(ix)
(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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Significant concern

Wet Tropics of Queensland

Australia
Inscribed in
1988
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
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