State of Conservation reports 2016

Each year, IUCN makes recommendations to the World Heritage Committee on the state of conservation of about 60 World Heritage sites listed for their natural values, including ‘mixed’ sites also listed for cultural values. The World Heritage Committee has the final say. More on IUCN's monitoring work

Scroll down to find IUCN's recommendations on 61 natural and mixed World Heritage sites for the 2016 World Heritage Committee meeting, along with the Committee's decisions for each site. Documents regrouping these recommendations and decisions can also be downloaded here.

Downloadable documents

Decisions	Adopted in Istanbul (July 2016)	English	Français
	Adopted in Paris (October 2016)	English	Français

Natural and mixed World Heritage sites monitored in 2016

(alphabetically by region and country)

Africa

Botswana	Okavango Delta	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Cameroon	Dja Faunal Reserve	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Central African Republic	Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park	2016 report (7A ADD)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Côte d'Ivoire	Comoé National Park	2016 report (7A)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Côte d'Ivoire / Guinea	Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve	2016 report (7A ADD)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Garamba National Park	2016 report (7A ADD)	2016 decision	Protected planet
	Kahuzi-Biega National Park	2016 report (7A)	2016 decision	Protected planet
	Okapi Wildlife Reserve	2016 report (7A)	2016 decision	Protected planet
	Salonga National Park	2016 report (7A)	2016 decision	Protected planet
	Virunga National Park	2016 report (7A)	2016 decision	Protected planet
	World Heritage Sites of the Democratic Republic of the Congo	2016 report (7A.Add, p.67)	2016 decision
Ethiopia	Simien National Park	2016 report (7A)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Kenya	Lake Turkana National Parks	2016 report (7B ADD)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Madagascar	Rainforests of the Atsinanana	2016 report (7A)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Malawi	Lake Malawi National Park	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Mali	Cliffs of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Niger	Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves	2016 report (7A)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Senegal	Niokolo-Koba National Park	2016 report (7A ADD.2)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Tanzania	Selous Game Reserve	2016 report (7A ADD)	2016 decision	Protected planet
	Serengeti National Park	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Uganda	Rwenzori Mountains National Park	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Zimbabwe	Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet

Arab States

Jordan	Wadi Rum Protected Area	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Mauritania	Banc d'Arguin National Park	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Yemen	Socotra Archipelago	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet

Asia and the Pacific

Australia	Tasmanian Wilderness	2016 report (7B ADD)	2016 decision	Protected planet
India	Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet
	Keoladeo National Park	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Indonesia	Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra	2016 report (7A ADD)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Nepal	Sagarmatha National Park	2016 report (7B ADD)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Solomon Islands	East Rennell	2016 report (7B ADD.2)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Thailand	Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Viet Nam	Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park	2016 report (7B ADD)	2016 decision	Protected planet
	Trang An Landscape Complex	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet

Europe and North America

Belarus / Poland	Bialowieza Forest	2016 report (7B ADD)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Bulgaria	Pirin National Park	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Canada	Gros Morne National Park	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Croatia	Plitvice Lakes National Park	2016 report (7B ADD)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Macedonia	Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid Region	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Russian Federation	Golden Mountains of Altai	2016 report (7B ADD)	2016 decision	Protected planet
	Lake Baikal	2016 report (7B ADD)	2016 decision	Protected planet
	Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet
	Virgin Komi Forests	2016 report (7B ADD)	2016 decision	Protected planet
	Volcanoes of Kamchatka	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet
	Western Caucasus	2016 report (7B ADD)	2016 decision	Protected planet
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet
	Gough and Inaccessible Islands	2016 report (7B ADD)	2016 decision	Protected planet
United States of America	Everglades National Park	2016 report (7A)	2016 decision	Protected planet
	Grand Canyon National Park	2016 report (7B ADD)	2016 decision	Protected planet

Latin America and the Caribbean

Argentina	Iguazu National Park	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Belize	Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System	2016 report (7A ADD)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Brazil	Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet
	Iguaçu National Park	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Costa Rica / Panama	Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park	2016 report (7B ADD)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Dominica	Morne Trois Pitons National Park	2016 report (7B ADD)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Ecuador	Galapagos Islands	2016 report (7B ADD)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Honduras	Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Mexico	Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche	2016 report (7B ADD)	2016 decision	Protected planet
	Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California	2016 report (7B ADD)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Panama	Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet
Saint Lucia	Pitons Management Area	2016 report (7B)	2016 decision	Protected planet