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Criteria
  • (vii) Superlative beauty
  • (viii) Earth’s history
  • (ix) Ecosystems
  • (x) Species
Rating
  • (-) Good
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  • Significant concern
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Threat
  • Tourism/ visitors/ recreation
  • Habitat Shifting/ Alteration
  • Roads/ Railroads
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  • Renewable Energy
  • Introduced Modified Genetic Material
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  • Other Ecosystem Modifications
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  • Diseases/pathogens
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  • Air Pollution
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  • Pollution
  • Geological Events
  • Climate Change and Severe Weather
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Benefit
  • Direct employment
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  • Legal subsistence hunting of wild game
  • Importance for research
  • History and tradition
  • Carbon sequestration
  • Food
  • Sustainable extraction of materials (e.g. coral, shells, resin, rubber, grass, rattan, etc)
  • Commercial wells
  • Tourism-related income
  • Collection of medicinal resources for local use
  • Water
  • Wilderness and iconic features
  • Collection of wild plants and mushrooms
  • Contribution to education
  • Soil stabilisation
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  • Sacred natural sites or landscapes
  • Cultural and spiritual values
  • Natural beauty and scenery
  • Health and recreation
  • Flood prevention
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  • Traditional agriculture
  • Cultural identity and sense of belonging
  • Livestock grazing areas
  • Water provision (importance for water quantity and quality)
  • Knowledge
  • Environmental services
  • Pollination
  • Materials
  • Contribution to local economy
Designation
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  • Ramsar site
Theme
  • Mountain

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

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
©WCS/Andre Baumgarten

Alejandro de Humboldt National Park

Cuba
Inscribed in
2001
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 with some concerns

Comoé National Park

Côte d'Ivoire
Inscribed in
1983
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Danube Delta

Romania
Inscribed in
1991
Criteria
(vii)
(x)
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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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Good

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

United States of America (USA)
Inscribed in
1987
Criterion
(viii)
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Good with some concerns

Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area

China
Inscribed in
1992
Criterion
(vii)
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Good

Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes

Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Inscribed in
2007
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
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Good with some concerns

Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area

China
Inscribed in
1992
Criterion
(vii)
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Good

Khangchendzonga National Park

India
Inscribed in
2016
Criteria
(iii)
(vi)
(vii)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek

Canada
United States of America (USA)
Inscribed in
1979
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(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

Messel Pit Fossil Site

Germany
Inscribed in
1995
Criterion
(viii)
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Good with some concerns

Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest

Kenya
Inscribed in
1997
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
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Good

Mount Sanqingshan National Park

China
Inscribed in
2008
Criterion
(vii)
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Good with some concerns

Mount Taishan

China
Inscribed in
1987
Criteria
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
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Good with some concerns

Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks

India
Inscribed in
1988
Criteria
(vii)
(x)
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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

Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park

Philippines
Inscribed in
1999
Criteria
(vii)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Pyrénées - Mont Perdu

France
Spain
Inscribed in
1997
Criteria
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vii)
(viii)
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Good with some concerns

Sian Ka'an

Mexico
Inscribed in
1987
Criteria
(vii)
(x)
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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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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 with some concerns

Sundarbans National Park

India
Inscribed in
1987
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Taï National Park

Côte d'Ivoire
Inscribed in
1982
Criteria
(vii)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Uvs Nuur Basin

Mongolia
Russian Federation
Inscribed in
2003
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
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Good

Wadden Sea

Denmark
Germany
Netherlands
Inscribed in
2009
Criteria
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
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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 with some concerns

Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area

China
Inscribed in
1992
Criterion
(vii)
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