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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: 23 SITES
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Good with some concerns

Central Suriname Nature Reserve

Suriname
Inscribed in
2000
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
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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

iSimangaliso Wetland Park

South Africa
Inscribed in
1999
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)

Italy
Inscribed in
2000
Criterion
(viii)
Read more
Significant concern

Lake Malawi National Park

Malawi
Inscribed in
1984
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Laurisilva of Madeira

Portugal
Inscribed in
1999
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Mammoth Cave National Park

United States of America (USA)
Inscribed in
1981
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(x)
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Good

Messel Pit Fossil Site

Germany
Inscribed in
1995
Criterion
(viii)
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Good

Monte San Giorgio

Italy
Switzerland
Inscribed in
2003
Criterion
(viii)
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Good

Putorana Plateau

Russian Federation
Inscribed in
2010
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
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Good with some concerns

Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries – Wolong, Mount Siguniang & Jiajin Mountains

China
Inscribed in
2006
Criterion
(x)
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Significant concern

Sinharaja Forest Reserve

Sri Lanka
Inscribed in
1988
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

South China Karst

China
Inscribed in
2007
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
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Good with some concerns

Srebarna Nature Reserve

Bulgaria
Inscribed in
1983
Criterion
(x)
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Good

Stevns Klint

Denmark
Inscribed in
2014
Criterion
(viii)
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Good
© IUCN/Bastian Bertzky

Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice

Iceland
Inscribed in
2019
Criterion
(viii)
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Good with some concerns

Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park

Canada
United States of America (USA)
Inscribed in
1995
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
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Good

West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord

Norway
Inscribed in
2005
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
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Significant concern

Western Ghats

India
Inscribed in
2012
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
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Significant concern
 © IUCN / Elena Osipova

Western Tien-Shan

Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Inscribed in
2016
Criterion
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area

China
Inscribed in
1992
Criterion
(vii)
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Good with some concerns

Yakushima

Japan
Inscribed in
1993
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
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Good with some concerns

Yosemite National Park

United States of America (USA)
Inscribed in
1984
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
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