World Heritage List
1979
- Virunga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo) #
1980
- Garamba National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Ichkeul National Park (Tunisia)
- Kahuzi-Biega National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
1981
- Darien National Park (Panama)
- Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (Senegal)
- Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (Côte d'Ivoire) *
- Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal)
- Serengeti National Park (United Republic of Tanzania)
1982
- Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (Honduras)
- Selous Game Reserve (United Republic of Tanzania)
- Taï National Park (Côte d'Ivoire)
1983
- Comoé National Park (Côte d'Ivoire)
1984
- Lake Malawi National Park (Malawi)
- Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas (Zimbabwe)
- Salonga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
1986
- Garajonay National Park (Spain)
1987
- Dja Faunal Reserve (Cameroon)
- Kilimanjaro National Park (United Republic of Tanzania)
1988
- Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (Central African Republic)
1989
- Banc d'Arguin National Park (Mauritania)
1991
- Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (Niger)
1994
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda)
- Doñana National Park (Spain)
- Rwenzori Mountains National Park (Uganda)
1996
- Okapi Wildlife Reserve (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (Benin) *
1997
- Heard and McDonald Islands (Australia)
- Lake Turkana National Parks (Kenya)
- Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest (Kenya)
1999
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa)
2000
- Central Amazon Conservation Complex (Brazil) 1
2001
2004
- Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (South Africa)
2005
- Vredefort Dome (South Africa)
2008
- Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)
- Socotra Archipelago (Yemen)
2009
- Wadden Sea (Netherlands (Kingdom of the)) *
2011
2012
- Sangha Trinational (Cameroon) *
- Western Ghats (India)
2013
- Namib Sand Sea (Namibia)
2014
- Okavango Delta (Botswana)
2018
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains (South Africa)
2021
- Ivindo National Park (Gabon)
2023
- Bale Mountains National Park (Ethiopia)
- Forest Massif of Odzala-Kokoua (Congo)
- Nyungwe National Park (Rwanda)
Notes
#: 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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