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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

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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Good with some concerns

Aldabra Atoll

Seychelles
Inscribed in
1982
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
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Good with some concerns
©WCS/Andre Baumgarten

Alejandro de Humboldt National Park

Cuba
Inscribed in
2001
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern
© IUCN / A. Putney

Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche

Mexico
Inscribed in
2014
Criteria
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Banc d'Arguin National Park

Mauritania
Inscribed in
1989
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks

Canada
Inscribed in
1984
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
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Significant concern

Canaima National Park

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Inscribed in
1994
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
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Good

Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst

Hungary
Slovakia
Inscribed in
1995
Criterion
(viii)
Read more
Significant concern

Central Highlands of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka
Inscribed in
2010
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks

Brazil
Inscribed in
2001
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
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Good

Chengjiang Fossil Site

China
Inscribed in
2012
Criterion
(viii)
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Good with some concerns
© IUCN/Charles Besançon

Chiribiquete National Park – “The Maloca of the Jaguar”

Colombia
Inscribed in
2018
Criteria
(iii)
(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

Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)

Mali
Inscribed in
1989
Criteria
(v)
(vii)
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Significant concern

Cocos Island National Park

Costa Rica
Inscribed in
1997
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Comoé National Park

Côte d'Ivoire
Inscribed in
1983
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
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Significant concern

Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary

Senegal
Inscribed in
1981
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

Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex

Thailand
Inscribed in
2005
Criterion
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Durmitor National Park

Montenegro
Inscribed in
1980
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(x)
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Critical

East Rennell

Solomon Islands
Inscribed in
1998
Criterion
(ix)
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Good with some concerns

El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve

Mexico
Inscribed in
2013
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(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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Critical

Everglades National Park

United States of America (USA)
Inscribed in
1979
Criteria
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
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Good with some concerns
© IUCN/Cyril Grueter

Fanjingshan

China
Inscribed in
2018
Criterion
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Fraser Island

Australia
Inscribed in
1992
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
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Significant concern

Galápagos Islands

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

Garamba National Park

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Inscribed in
1980
Criteria
(vii)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Golden Mountains of Altai

Russian Federation
Inscribed in
1998
Criterion
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia

Turkey
Inscribed in
1985
Criteria
(i)
(iii)
(v)
(vii)
Read more
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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