World Heritage Forest Programme

In 2001, the World Heritage Committee agreed that forests warranted a particular focus, and approved the creation of the World Heritage Forest programme to ensure that the World Heritage Convention be leveraged as much as possible to further forest conservation on a global scale.

WHS on Other Lists

Connected Sites

Site Rationale Link
Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
Andrefana Dry Forests
Atlantic Forest South-East
Białowieża Forest
Brazilian Atlantic Islands
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
Canaima National Park
Central Amazon Conservation Complex
Central Sikhote-Alin
Central Suriname Nature Reserve
Cerrado Protected Areas
Chitwan National Park
Cocos Island
Coiba National Park
Comoé National Park
Darien National Park
Discovery Coast
Dja Faunal Reserve
Dong Phayayen
Durmitor National Park
East Rennell
Fraser Island
Garajonay
Gondwana Rainforests
Great Smoky Mountains
Gros Morne National Park
Guanacaste
Gunung Mulu
Huanglong
Huangshan
Iguazu National Park
Jiuzhaigou Valley
Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Kakadu National Park
Kinabalu Park
Lake Baikal
Laurisilva of Madeira
Lopé-Okanda
Lorentz National Park
Los Katios National Park
Machu Picchu
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
Manu National Park
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
Morne Trois Pitons
Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha
Mount Kenya
Mount Nimba
Mount Sanqingshan
Mount Taishan
Mount Wuyi
Nahanni National Park
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers
Niokolo-Koba National Park
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
Okapi Wildlife Reserve
Olympic National Park
Pantanal
Pirin National Park
Plitvice Lakes
Primeval Beech Forests
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River
Rainforests of the Atsinanana
Redwood
Rio Abiseo National Park
Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve
Rwenzori Mountains
Salonga National Park
Sangay National Park
Selous Game Reserve
Shirakami-Sanchi
Shiretoko
Sian Ka'an
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries
Sinharaja Forest
Sundarbans National Park
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves
Tasmanian Wilderness
Taï National Park
Te Wahipounamu
The Sundarbans
Three parallel rivers of Yunnan
Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng
Tikal National Park
Tongariro National Park
Tropical Rainforest Sumatra
Ujung Kulon National Park
Vallée de Mai
Virgin Komi Forests
Virunga National Park
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
Wet Tropics of Queensland
Wood Buffalo National Park
Yakushima
Yellowstone
Yosemite National Park
iSimangaliso Wetland Park

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