World Heritage Forest Programme

Connected Sites: 98

Definition

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.

Map

Connected Sites

Plitvice Lakes

Croatia

Inscribed: 1979

4.13

297

11
Durmitor National Park

Montenegro

Inscribed: 1980

3.46

125

6
Kakadu National Park

Australia

Inscribed: 1981

3.87

95

10
Taï National Park

Côte d'Ivoire

Inscribed: 1982

3.08

3

0
Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve

Honduras

Inscribed: 1982

3.14

7

4
Sangay National Park

Ecuador

Inscribed: 1983

2.55

36

5
Sinharaja Forest

Sri Lanka

Inscribed: 1988

2.87

77

6
Dja Faunal Reserve

Cameroon

Inscribed: 1987

2.53

1

0
Canaima National Park

Venezuela

Inscribed: 1994

3.74

28

3
The Sundarbans

Bangladesh

Inscribed: 1997

2.82

30

2
Morne Trois Pitons

Dominica

Inscribed: 1997

3.16

65

4
East Rennell

Solomon Islands

Inscribed: 1998

3.14

2

3
Great Smoky Mountains

United States of America

Inscribed: 1983

3.36

173

11
Jiuzhaigou Valley

China

Inscribed: 1992

4.10

64

4
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Uganda

Inscribed: 1994

3.96

62

5
Machu Picchu

Peru

Inscribed: 1983

4.64

269

8
Laurisilva of Madeira

Portugal

Inscribed: 1999

3.40

119

7
Rainforests of the Atsinanana

Madagascar

Inscribed: 2007

3.49

45

3
Primeval Beech Forests

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine

Inscribed: 2007

2.71

325

38
Sundarbans National Park

India

Inscribed: 1987

2.76

28

6
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers

India

Inscribed: 1988

3.15

10

2
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park

Canada, United States of America

Inscribed: 1995

3.93

134

9
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park

Bolivia

Inscribed: 2000

2.94

1

1
Shiretoko

Japan

Inscribed: 2005

3.50

38

8
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River

Philippines

Inscribed: 1999

3.20

77

18
Huanglong

China

Inscribed: 1992

3.84

62

6
Wet Tropics of Queensland

Australia

Inscribed: 1988

3.50

148

8
Salonga National Park

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Inscribed: 1984

0

0
Pantanal

Brazil

Inscribed: 2000

3.72

43

3
iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo NP

Mozambique, South Africa

Inscribed: 1999

3.37

61

7
Okapi Wildlife Reserve

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Inscribed: 1996

1

0
Kahuzi-Biega National Park

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Inscribed: 1980

3.33

7

4
Iguazu National Park

Argentina

Inscribed: 1984

4.37

205

9
Chitwan National Park

Nepal

Inscribed: 1984

3.28

90

11
Alejandro de Humboldt National Park

Cuba

Inscribed: 2001

3.16

26

3
Yosemite National Park

United States of America

Inscribed: 1984

4.28

291

12
Yellowstone

United States of America

Inscribed: 1978

4.49

221

12
Yakushima

Japan

Inscribed: 1993

3.76

32

6
Wood Buffalo National Park

Canada

Inscribed: 1983

2.82

13

4
Virunga National Park

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Inscribed: 1979

3.99

13

2
Virgin Komi Forests

Russia

Inscribed: 1995

2.53

13

4
Vallée de Mai

Seychelles

Inscribed: 1983

2.80

67

4
Ujung Kulon National Park

Indonesia

Inscribed: 1991

3.49

28

7
Tropical Rainforest Sumatra

Indonesia

Inscribed: 2004

3.54

44

8
Tongariro National Park

New Zealand

Inscribed: 1990

3.66

119

6
Tikal National Park

Guatemala

Inscribed: 1979

4.47

171

6
Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng

Thailand

Inscribed: 1991

2.64

25

7
Three parallel rivers of Yunnan

China

Inscribed: 2003

3.41

64

6
Te Wahipounamu

New Zealand

Inscribed: 1986

4.18

122

11
Tasmanian Wilderness

Australia

Inscribed: 1982

3.95

90

7
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves

Costa Rica, Panama

Inscribed: 1983

2.87

50

5
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries

China

Inscribed: 2006

3.32

85

4
Sian Ka'an

Mexico

Inscribed: 1987

2.85

94

20
Shirakami-Sanchi

Japan

Inscribed: 1993

3.06

34

10
Selous Game Reserve

Tanzania

Inscribed: 1982

3.50

25

4
Rwenzori Mountains

Uganda

Inscribed: 1994

3.22

32

4
Rio Abiseo National Park

Peru

Inscribed: 1990

3.00

6

2
Redwood

United States of America

Inscribed: 1980

4.02

192

7
Pirin National Park

Bulgaria

Inscribed: 1983

2.88

109

11
Olympic National Park

United States of America

Inscribed: 1981

3.87

146

8
Nahanni National Park

Canada

Inscribed: 1978

3.76

8

4
Mount Wuyi

China

Inscribed: 1999

3.43

49

4
Mount Taishan

China

Inscribed: 1987

3.58

74

7
Mount Sanqingshan

China

Inscribed: 2008

3.31

37

3
Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha

China

Inscribed: 1996

3.66

107

6
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve

Mexico

Inscribed: 2008

3.89

77

8
Manu National Park

Peru

Inscribed: 1987

3.71

32

5
Los Katios National Park

Colombia

Inscribed: 1994

3.21

4

2
Lorentz National Park

Indonesia

Inscribed: 1999

3.34

4

1
Lopé-Okanda

Gabon

Inscribed: 2007

1.95

8

1
Lake Baikal

Russia

Inscribed: 1996

3.59

78

5
Kinabalu Park

Malaysia

Inscribed: 2000

3.26

94

6
Huangshan

China

Inscribed: 1990

3.80

86

6
Gunung Mulu

Malaysia

Inscribed: 2000

4.11

59

6
Guanacaste

Costa Rica

Inscribed: 1999

3.15

73

6
Gros Morne National Park

Canada

Inscribed: 1987

3.91

68

10
Gondwana Rainforests

Australia

Inscribed: 1986

3.31

92

5
Garajonay

Spain

Inscribed: 1986

3.19

102

6
K’gari (formerly Fraser Island)

Australia

Inscribed: 1992

3.93

95

8
Dong Phayayen - Khao Yai

Thailand

Inscribed: 2005

2.85

92

8
Discovery Coast

Brazil

Inscribed: 1999

2.16

18

3
Darien National Park

Panama

Inscribed: 1981

3.28

10

2
Comoé National Park

Côte d'Ivoire

Inscribed: 1983

1.82

5

2
Coiba National Park

Panama

Inscribed: 2005

2.86

19

2
Cocos Island

Costa Rica

Inscribed: 1997

3.85

6

2
Cerrado Protected Areas

Brazil

Inscribed: 2001

3.22

27

5
Central Suriname Nature Reserve

Suriname

Inscribed: 2000

2.69

11

2
Central Sikhote-Alin

Russia

Inscribed: 2001

2.98

6

1
Central Amazon Conservation Complex

Brazil

Inscribed: 2000

3.35

35

5
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks

Canada

Inscribed: 1984

4.42

185

9
Brazilian Atlantic Islands

Brazil

Inscribed: 2001

3.21

17

4
Białowieża Forest

Belarus, Poland

Inscribed: 1979

2.75

105

9
Atlantic Forest South-East

Brazil

Inscribed: 1999

3.02

39

5
Andrefana Dry Forests

Madagascar

Inscribed: 1990

3.84

30

4
Niokolo-Koba National Park

Senegal

Inscribed: 1981

2.16

20

2
Mount Kenya

Kenya

Inscribed: 1997

2.93

45

3
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary

India

Inscribed: 1985

2.21

14

3
Mount Nimba

Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea

Inscribed: 1981

2.77

7

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