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Criteria
  • (vii) Superlative beauty
  • (viii) Earth’s history
  • (ix) Ecosystems
  • (x) Species
Rating
  • Good
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Threat
  • Residential, Commercial & Recreation Areas
    • Residential Areas
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  • Social/ Cultural Changes
    • Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge systems that result in negative impact
    • Identity/social cohesion/ changes in local population and community that result in negative impact
  • Unknown Threats
Benefit
  • Food
    • Legal subsistence hunting of wild game
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    • Importance for research
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    • Carbon sequestration
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    • Flood prevention
    • Water provision (importance for water quantity and quality)
    • Pollination
  • Materials
    • Collection of timber, e.g. fuelwood
    • Sustainable extraction of materials (e.g. coral, shells, resin, rubber, grass, rattan, etc)
  • Contribution to local economy
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Designation
  • ASEAN Heritage
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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

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: 253 SITES
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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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Good with some concerns

Yellowstone National Park

United States of America (USA)
Inscribed in
1978
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Read more
Good with some concerns

Yakushima

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

Xinjiang Tianshan

China
Inscribed in
2013
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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Significant concern

Wood Buffalo National Park

Canada
Inscribed in
1983
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
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Good

Willandra Lakes Region

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

Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaíno

Mexico
Inscribed in
1993
Criterion
(x)
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Significant concern

Wet Tropics of Queensland

Australia
Inscribed in
1988
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(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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Significant concern

Western Ghats

India
Inscribed in
2012
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
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Significant concern

Western Caucasus

Russian Federation
Inscribed in
1999
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
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Good

West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord

Norway
Inscribed in
2005
Criteria
(vii)
(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 with some concerns

Wadi Rum Protected Area

Jordan
Inscribed in
2011
Criteria
(iii)
(v)
(vii)
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Good

Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)

Egypt
Inscribed in
2005
Criterion
(viii)
Read more
Good

Wadden Sea

Denmark
Germany
Netherlands
Inscribed in
2009
Criteria
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
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Significant concern

W-Arly-Pendjari Complex

Benin
Burkina Faso
Niger
Inscribed in
1996
Criteria
(ix)
(x)
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Significant concern

Vredefort Dome

South Africa
Inscribed in
2005
Criterion
(viii)
Read more
Significant concern

Volcanoes of Kamchatka

Russian Federation
Inscribed in
1996
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
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Critical

Virunga National Park

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Inscribed in
1979
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(x)
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Significant concern

Virgin Komi Forests

Russian Federation
Inscribed in
1995
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
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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

Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve

Seychelles
Inscribed in
1983
Criteria
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(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

Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park

Australia
Inscribed in
1994
Criteria
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
(viii)
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Good with some concerns

Ujung Kulon National Park

Indonesia
Inscribed in
1991
Criteria
(vii)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park

Philippines
Inscribed in
1993
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
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Critical

Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra

Indonesia
Inscribed in
2004
Criteria
(vii)
(ix)
(x)
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Good with some concerns

Trang An Landscape Complex

Viet Nam
Inscribed in
2014
Criteria
(v)
(vii)
(viii)
Read more

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