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A
- Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves
- Aldabra Atoll
- Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
- Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island
- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe *
- Andrefana Dry Forests
- Anticosti
- Arabian Oryx Sanctuary Delisted 2007
- Archipiélago de Revillagigedo
- Area de Conservación Guanacaste
- Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)
B
- Badain Jaran Desert - Towers of Sand and Lakes
- Bale Mountains National Park
- Banc d'Arguin National Park
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains
- Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System
- Białowieża Forest *
- Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
C
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks # 1
- Canaima National Park
- Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst *
- Central Amazon Conservation Complex 2
- Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
- Central Sikhote-Alin
- Central Suriname Nature Reserve
- Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks
- Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena
- Chengjiang Fossil Site
- China Danxia
- Chitwan National Park
- Cocos Island National Park
- Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection
- Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands
- Cold Winter Deserts of Turan *
- Comoé National Park
D
- Danube Delta
- Darien National Park
- Desembarco del Granma National Park
- Dinosaur Provincial Park
- Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves
- Dja Faunal Reserve
- Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
- Doñana National Park
- Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex
- Dorset and East Devon Coast
- Durmitor National Park
E
- East Rennell
- El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve
- Evaporitic Karst and Caves of Northern Apennines
- Everglades National Park
F
G
- Galápagos Islands
- Garajonay National Park
- Garamba National Park
- Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats
- Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast
- Golden Mountains of Altai
- Gondwana Rainforests of Australia 3
- Gough and Inaccessible Islands 4
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Great Barrier Reef
- Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Greater Blue Mountains Area
- Gros Morne National Park
- Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve #
- Gunung Mulu National Park
H
- Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago
- Hawaii Volcanoes National Park #
- Heard and McDonald Islands
- Henderson Island
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago *
- Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area
- Huascarán National Park #
- Hubei Shennongjia
- Hyrcanian Forests *
I
- Ichkeul National Park
- Iguaçu National Park
- Iguazu National Park
- Ilulissat Icefjord
- Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park
- Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
- Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)
- Ivindo National Park
J
- Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes
- Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs
K
- K’gari (Fraser Island)
- Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex
- Kahuzi-Biega National Park
- Kaziranga National Park
- Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley
- Keoladeo National Park
- Kilimanjaro National Park
- Kinabalu Park
- Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek # * 5
- Komodo National Park
L
- Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems
- Lake Baikal
- Lake Malawi National Park
- Lake Turkana National Parks
- Lakes of Ounianga
- Landscapes of Dauria *
- Laurisilva of Madeira
- Lena Pillars Nature Park
- Lençóis Maranhenses National Park
- Lord Howe Island Group
- Lorentz National Park
- Los Alerces National Park
- Los Glaciares National Park #
- Los Katíos National Park
- Lut Desert
M
- Macquarie Island
- Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
- Mammoth Cave National Park
- Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas
- Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
- Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
- Manú National Park
- Messel Pit Fossil Site
- Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China
- Miguasha National Park
- Mistaken Point
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
- Monte San Giorgio *
- Morne Trois Pitons National Park
- Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls # *
- Mount Etna
- Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary
- Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
- Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve *
- Mount Sanqingshan National Park
N
- Nahanni National Park #
- Namib Sand Sea
- Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks
- Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve
- New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands
- Ningaloo Coast
- Niokolo-Koba National Park
- Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
- Nyungwe National Park
O
P
- Pantanal Conservation Area
- Península Valdés
- Phoenix Islands Protected Area
- Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park
- Pirin National Park
- Pitons Management Area
- Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island
- Plitvice Lakes National Park #
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park
- Purnululu National Park
- Putorana Plateau
Q
R
- Rainforests of the Atsinanana
- Redwood National and State Parks
- Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve
- Rwenzori Mountains National Park
S
- Sagarmatha National Park
- Salonga National Park
- Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park
- Sangay National Park #
- Sangha Trinational *
- Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan
- Selous Game Reserve
- Serengeti National Park
- Shark Bay, Western Australia
- Shirakami-Sanchi
- Shiretoko
- Sian Ka'an
- Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains
- Simien National Park
- Sinharaja Forest Reserve 6
- Škocjan Caves #
- Socotra Archipelago
- South China Karst
- Srebarna Nature Reserve
- Stevns Klint
- Sundarbans National Park
- Surtsey
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
T
- Taï National Park
- Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs)
- Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park *
- Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand 7
- Teide National Park
- The Dolomites
- The Flow Country
- The Sundarbans
- Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
- Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries
- Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra
- Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park
- Tugay forests of the Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve
U
V
- Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve
- Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice
- Virgin Komi Forests
- Virunga National Park #
- Vjetrenica Cave, Ravno
- Volcanoes and Forests of Mount Pelée and the Pitons of Northern Martinique
- Volcanoes of Kamchatka 8
- Vredefort Dome
W
- W-Arly-Pendjari Complex *
- Wadden Sea *
- Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park *
- West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord
- Western Caucasus
- Western Ghats
- Western Tien-Shan *
- Wet Tropics of Queensland
- Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
- Wood Buffalo National Park
- Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area
X
Y
Notes
The "Burgess Shale" property, which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the "Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks".
Extension of "Jaú National Park".
Extension of the "Australian East Coast Temperate and Subtropical Rainforest Park".
name changed 2007 from 'Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia)'
Extension of "Gough Island Wildlife Reserve".
Extension of the "Glacier Bay/Wrangell/St Elias/Kluane" property.
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.
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".
At the time the property was extended, natural criterion (iv) was also found applicable.
#: 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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Cultural Natural Mixed
Cultural Natural Mixed
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