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  • (vii) Superlative beauty
  • (viii) Earth’s history
  • (ix) Ecosystems
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Rating
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Threat
  • Housing/ Urban Areas
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  • Legal subsistence hunting of wild game
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  • Wilderness and iconic features
  • Soil stabilisation
  • Water
  • Tourism-related income
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  • Coastal protection
  • Collection of genetic material
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  • Provision of jobs
  • Sacred natural sites or landscapes
  • Cultural and spiritual values
  • (-) Sacred or symbolic plants or animals
  • Natural beauty and scenery
  • Health and recreation
  • Flood prevention
  • Traditional agriculture
  • Cultural identity and sense of belonging
  • Water provision (importance for water quantity and quality)
  • Livestock grazing areas
  • Knowledge
  • Environmental services
  • Pollination
  • Materials
  • Contribution to local economy
Designation
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  • Ramsar site
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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

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

United States of America (USA)
Inscribed in
1983
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest

Kenya
Inscribed in
1997
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
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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Good with some concerns

Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan
Inscribed in
2008
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Yellowstone National Park

United States of America (USA)
Inscribed in
1978
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
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