World Heritage List
Africa
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Côte d'Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ethiopia
Guinea
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Namibia
Niger
Senegal
Seychelles
South Africa
Uganda
United Republic of Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Arab States
Asia and the Pacific
Australia
- Great Barrier Reef
- Lord Howe Island Group
- Gondwana Rainforests of Australia 1
- Wet Tropics of Queensland
- Shark Bay, Western Australia
- Fraser Island
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)
- Heard and McDonald Islands
- Macquarie Island
- Greater Blue Mountains Area
- Purnululu National Park
- Ningaloo Coast
Bangladesh
China
- Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area
- Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area
- Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area
- Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
- Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains
- South China Karst
- Mount Sanqingshan National Park
- China Danxia
- Chengjiang Fossil Site
- Xinjiang Tianshan
- Hubei Shennongjia
- Qinghai Hoh Xil
- Fanjingshan
- Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I)
India
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kiribati
Kyrgyzstan
Malaysia
Mongolia
Nepal
New Zealand
Philippines
Republic of Korea
Solomon Islands
Sri Lanka
Tajikistan
Thailand
Uzbekistan
Viet Nam
Europe and North America
Albania
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
- Nahanni National Park #
- Dinosaur Provincial Park
- Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek # * 4
- Wood Buffalo National Park
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks # 5
- Gros Morne National Park
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park *
- Miguasha National Park
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs
- Mistaken Point
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Montenegro
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russian Federation
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United States of America
- Yellowstone National Park
- Everglades National Park
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek # * 8
- Redwood National and State Parks
- Mammoth Cave National Park
- Olympic National Park
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Yosemite National Park #
- Hawaii Volcanoes National Park #
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park *
Latin America and the Caribbean
Argentina
Belize
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Brazil
- Iguaçu National Park
- Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves
- Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves
- Central Amazon Conservation Complex 9
- Pantanal Conservation Area
- Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves
- Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Ecuador
Honduras
Mexico
Panama
Peru
Saint Lucia
Suriname
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Notes
Extension of the "Australian East Coast Temperate and Subtropical Rainforest Park".
name changed 2007 from 'Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia)'
The Westland and Mount Cook National Park and the Fiordland National Park, which were previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, are part of the "Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand".
The WH area is managed directly by the Divisional Forest Officer from the Forest Dept. A national steering Committee co-ordinates institutions for Sinharaja as a National Wilderness Area, Biosphere Reserve (1988), and WH site. There are two management plans, prepared in 1985/86 and 1992/94, which emphasise conservation, scientific research, buffer zone management, benefit-sharing, and community participation.
Extension of the "Glacier Bay/Wrangell/St Elias/Kluane" property.
The "Burgess Shale" property, which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the "Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks".
At the time the property was extended, natural criterion (iv) was also found applicable.
Extension of "Gough Island Wildlife Reserve".
Extension of the "Glacier Bay/Wrangell/St Elias/Kluane" property.
Extension of "Jaú National Park".
#: As for 19 Natural and Mixed Properties inscribed for geological values before 1994, criteria numbering of this property has changed. See Decision 30.COM 8D.1
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