Forest Loss in natural World Heritage sites
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Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves


Alejandro de Humboldt National Park


Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche


Area de Conservación Guanacaste


Atlantic Forest Southeast Reserves


Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)


Banc d'Arguin National Park


Białowieża Forest


Bwindi Impenetrable National Park


Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks


Canaima National Park


Cape Floral Region Protected Areas


Carlsbad Caverns National Park


Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst


Central Amazon Conservation Complex


Central Highlands of Sri Lanka


Central Sikhote-Alin


Central Suriname Nature Reserve


Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks


Chengjiang Fossil Site


China Danxia


Chitwan National Park


Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)


Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection


Comoé National Park


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


East Rennell


Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda


El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve


Everglades National Park


Fraser Island


Garajonay National Park


Garamba National Park


Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast


Golden Mountains of Altai


Gondwana Rainforests of Australia


Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia


Grand Canyon National Park


Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area


Great Smoky Mountains National Park


Greater Blue Mountains Area


Gros Morne National Park


Gunung Mulu National Park


Ha Long Bay


Hawaii Volcanoes National Park


Henderson Island


Hierapolis-Pamukkale


High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago


Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu


Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area


Huascarán National Park


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)


Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes


Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area


Joggins Fossil Cliffs


Kahuzi-Biega National Park


Kakadu 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


Komodo National Park


Lake Baikal


Lake Malawi National Park


Lake Turkana National Parks


Lakes of Ounianga


Laponian Area


Laurisilva of Madeira


Lena Pillars Nature Park


Lord Howe Island Group


Lorentz National Park


Los Glaciares National Park


Los Katíos National Park


Macquarie Island


Maloti-Drakensberg Park


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


Meteora


Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve


Monte San Giorgio


Morne Trois Pitons National Park


Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls


Mount Athos


Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area


Mount Etna


Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary


Mount Huangshan


Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest


Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve


Mount Sanqingshan National Park


Mount Taishan


Mount Wuyi


Nahanni National Park


Namib Sand Sea


Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks


Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region


Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve


Ngorongoro Conservation Area


Ningaloo Coast


Niokolo-Koba National Park


Noel Kempff Mercado National Park


Okapi Wildlife Reserve


Okavango Delta


Olympic National Park


Pantanal Conservation Complex


Península Valdés


Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park


Pirin National Park


Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island


Pitons Management Area


Plitvice Lakes National Park


Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany


Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park


Purnululu National Park


Putorana Plateau


Pyrénées - Mont Perdu


Rainforests of the Atsinanana


Redwood National and State Parks


Río Abiseo National Park


Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve


Rwenzori Mountains National Park


Sagarmatha National Park


Salonga 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


Škocjan Caves


South China Karst


Srebarna Nature Reserve


St Kilda


Stevns Klint


Sundarbans National Park


Surtsey


Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch


Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona


Taï National Park


Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs)


Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park


Tasmanian Wilderness


Tassili n'Ajjer


Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand


Teide National Park


The Dolomites


The Sundarbans


The Wadden Sea


Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas


Thungyai - Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries


Tikal National Park


Tongariro National Park


Trang An Landscape Complex


Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra


Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve


Ujung Kulon National Park


Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park


Uvs Nuur Basin


Virgin Komi Forests


Virunga National Park


Volcanoes of Kamchatka


Vredefort Dome


W National Park of Niger


Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)


Wadi Rum Protected Area


Waterton Glacier International Peace Park


West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord


Western Caucasus


Western Ghats


Wet Tropics of Queensland


Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino


Willandra Lakes Region


Wood Buffalo National Park


Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area


Xinjiang Tianshan


Yakushima


Yellowstone National Park


Yosemite National Park



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This page provides additional site specific information in the recent publication titled: Recent increases in human pressure and forest loss threaten many Natural World Heritage Sites. This is the first global quantitative assessment of how humanity is negatively affecting natural World Heritage sites and here we provide crucial baseline information which is neccessary for their ongoing preservation.

Data sources

Global Forest Loss 2000 to 2014

Natural World Heritage sites


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