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Criteria
  • (vii) Superlative beauty
  • (ix) Ecosystems
  • (x) Species
Rating
  • Good with some concerns
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Threat
  • Residential and Commercial Development
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  • Biological Resource Use
    • Hunting and trapping
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    • Collection of non-timber forest products (NTFPs)
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  • Human Intrusions and Disturbance
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  • Natural System Modifications
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  • Pollution
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  • Climate Change and Severe Weather
    • Habitat Shifting/ Alteration
    • Droughts
    • (-) Ocean acidification
    • Temperature extremes
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  • Social/ Cultural Changes
    • Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge systems that result in negative impact
    • Identity/social cohesion/ changes in local population and community that result in negative impact
Benefit
  • Food
    • Collection of wild plants and mushrooms
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    • Traditional agriculture
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  • Cultural and spiritual values
    • Wilderness and iconic features
    • Cultural identity and sense of belonging
  • Health and recreation
    • (-) Outdoor recreation and tourism
  • Knowledge
    • Importance for research
    • Contribution to education
    • Collection of genetic material
  • Environmental services
    • Carbon sequestration
    • Water provision (importance for water quantity and quality)
  • Materials
    • Sustainable extraction of materials (e.g. coral, shells, resin, rubber, grass, rattan, etc)
  • (-) Contribution to local economy
    • Direct employment
    • Tourism-related income
    • Provision of jobs
Designation
  • Biosphere reserve
  • (-) IBA
  • (-) KBA
  • 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 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: 7 SITES
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Good with some concerns
©WCS/Andre Baumgarten

Alejandro de Humboldt National Park

Cuba
Inscribed in
2001
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
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Significant concern

Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System

Belize
Inscribed in
1996
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(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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Good with some concerns

Danube Delta

Romania
Inscribed in
1991
Criteria
(vii)
(x)
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Significant concern

Doñana National Park

Spain
Inscribed in
1994
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
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Significant concern

Gough and Inaccessible Islands

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK)
Inscribed in
1995
Criteria
(vii)
(x)
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Good with some concerns
© IUCN/ Graeme Worboys

Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve

France
Inscribed in
1983
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
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