Skip to main content
Home World Heritage Outlook

Main navigation

  • Results
  • Explore sites
  • Partners
  • Sites benefits
  • More
    • About the IUCN World Heritage Outlook
    • Understanding ratings
    • Methodology and consultation
    • FAQ
    • News
    • Resources
    • Contact us
    • Terms of use
    • Privacy Policy
  • Log in
You are here:
  1. Home
  2. Explore sites

Search all natural sites

or
Explore map
Clear search

Filters

Choose one or more filters to refine your search.
Region
  • Africa
  • Arab States
  • Asia
  • (-) Europe
  • Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • South America
Criteria
  • (vii) Superlative beauty
  • (viii) Earth’s history
  • (ix) Ecosystems
  • (-) (x) Species
Rating
  • Good
  • Good with some concerns
  • Significant concern
Threat
  • Housing/ Urban Areas
  • Roads/ Railroads
  • Crops
  • Habitat Shifting/ Alteration
  • Water Pollution
  • Fire/ Fire Suppression
  • Residential and Commercial Development
  • Oil/ Gas exploration/development
  • Invasive Non-Native/ Alien Species
  • Hunting and trapping
  • (-) Tourism/ visitors/ recreation
  • Earthquakes/ Tsunamis
  • Droughts
  • Dams/ Water Management or Use
  • War, Civil Unrest/ Military Exercises
  • Problematic Native Species
  • Household Sewage/ Urban Waste Water
  • Utility / Service Lines
  • Mining/ Quarrying
  • Identity/social cohesion/ changes in local population and community that result in negative impact
  • Agriculture and Aquaculture
  • Forestry/ Wood production
  • Livestock Farming / Grazing
  • Tourism/ Recreation Areas
  • Energy Production and Mining
  • Renewable Energy
  • Logging/ Wood Harvesting
  • (-) Shipping Lanes
  • Other Ecosystem Modifications
  • Industrial/ Military Effluents
  • Other Activities
  • Avalanches/ Landslides
  • Agricultural effluents
  • (-) Ocean acidification
  • Flight Paths
  • Diseases/pathogens
  • Transportation and Service Corridors
  • Biological Resource Use
  • Temperature extremes
  • Fishing / Harvesting Aquatic Resources
  • Marine/ Freshwater Aquaculture
  • Solid Waste
  • Air Pollution
  • Storms/Flooding
  • Human Intrusions and Disturbance
  • Other Biological Resource Use
  • Natural System Modifications
  • Invasive and Other Problematic Species and Genes
  • Pollution
  • Geological Events
  • Climate Change and Severe Weather
  • Social/ Cultural Changes
  • Other
Benefit
  • Carbon sequestration
  • Collection of timber, e.g. fuelwood
  • Importance for research
  • Food
  • Direct employment
  • Legal subsistence hunting of wild game
  • Access to drinking water
  • History and tradition
  • Water
  • Collection of medicinal resources for local use
  • Tourism-related income
  • Wilderness and iconic features
  • Soil stabilisation
  • Sustainable extraction of materials (e.g. coral, shells, resin, rubber, grass, rattan, etc)
  • Collection of wild plants and mushrooms
  • Contribution to education
  • Commercial wells
  • Fishing areas and conservation of fish stocks
  • Sacred natural sites or landscapes
  • Provision of jobs
  • Cultural and spiritual values
  • Collection of genetic material
  • Outdoor recreation and tourism
  • Sacred or symbolic plants or animals
  • Flood prevention
  • Health and recreation
  • Natural beauty and scenery
  • Livestock grazing areas
  • Cultural identity and sense of belonging
  • Water provision (importance for water quantity and quality)
  • Knowledge
  • Environmental services
  • Pollination
  • Materials
  • Contribution to local economy
Designation
  • Biosphere reserve
  • IBA
  • KBA
  • Ramsar site
Theme

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.

>> Learn more about the assessment process

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

>> More details on ratings

RESULTS: 13 SITES
  • Sort Alphabetically Z-A
Clear search
Good with some concerns

Danube Delta

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

Doñana National Park

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

Durmitor National Park

Montenegro
Inscribed in
1980
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(x)
Read more
Good
© IUCN/Wendy Strahm

French Austral Lands and Seas

France
Inscribed in
2019
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Golden Mountains of Altai

Russian Federation
Inscribed in
1998
Criterion
(x)
Read more
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)
Read more
Significant concern

Henderson Island

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK)
Inscribed in
1988
Criteria
(vii)
(x)
Read more
Significant concern

Lake Baikal

Russian Federation
Inscribed in
1996
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Laurisilva of Madeira

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

Srebarna Nature Reserve

Bulgaria
Inscribed in
1983
Criterion
(x)
Read more
Good

St Kilda

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK)
Inscribed in
1986
Criteria
(iii)
(v)
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Uvs Nuur Basin

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

Wadden Sea

Denmark
Germany
Netherlands
Inscribed in
2009
Criteria
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
  • Sort by:Alphabetically Z-A

Main navigation

  • Results
  • Explore sites
  • Partners
  • Sites benefits
  • More
    • About the IUCN World Heritage Outlook
    • Understanding ratings
    • Methodology and consultation
    • FAQ
    • News
    • Resources
    • Contact us
    • Terms of use
    • Privacy Policy
  • Log in

Share on:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin
IUCN WCPA

© International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources