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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: 24 SITES
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Good

Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)

Australia
Inscribed in
1994
Criteria
(viii)
(ix)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks

Canada
Inscribed in
1984
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
Read more
Critical

Everglades National Park

United States of America (USA)
Inscribed in
1979
Criteria
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Grand Canyon National Park

United States of America (USA)
Inscribed in
1979
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Critical

Great Barrier Reef

Australia
Inscribed in
1981
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(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)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Gros Morne National Park

Canada
Inscribed in
1987
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Gunung Mulu National Park

Malaysia
Inscribed in
2000
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Huascarán National Park

Peru
Inscribed in
1985
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Ilulissat Icefjord

Denmark
Inscribed in
2004
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
Read more
Critical

Lake Turkana National Parks

Kenya
Inscribed in
1997
Criteria
(viii)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Nahanni National Park

Canada
Inscribed in
1978
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
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Good with some concerns

Papahānaumokuākea

United States of America (USA)
Inscribed in
2010
Criteria
(iii)
(vi)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Pitons Management Area

Saint Lucia
Inscribed in
2004
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Pyrénées - Mont Perdu

France
Spain
Inscribed in
1997
Criteria
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vii)
(viii)
Read more
Critical

Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve

Honduras
Inscribed in
1982
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch

Switzerland
Inscribed in
2001
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Tasmanian Wilderness

Australia
Inscribed in
1989
Criteria
(iii)
(iv)
(vi)
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand

New Zealand
Inscribed in
1986
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas

China
Inscribed in
2003
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
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Good

Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park

Australia
Inscribed in
1994
Criteria
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
(viii)
Read more
Good
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Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice

Iceland
Inscribed in
2019
Criterion
(viii)
Read more
Good

Willandra Lakes Region

Australia
Inscribed in
1981
Criteria
(iii)
(viii)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Yellowstone National Park

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