| IUCN Evaluations of Natural and Mixed Nominations to the World Heritage List | ||
| Nomination Site | Country | Notes |
| Mt. Kumgang – Diamond Mountain from the Sea | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | – |
| Gola-Tiwai Complex | Sierra Leone | – |
| Maputo National Park | Mozambique | Significant boundary modification of “iSimangaliso Wetland Park”, South Africa; (vii)(ix)(x); inscribed in 1999 |
| Coastal and Marine Ecosystems of the Bijagós Archipelago – Omatí Minhô | Guinea-Bissau | – |
| Eastern Mongolian Steppes | Mongolia | – |
| Hin Nam No National Park | Lao People’s Democratic Republic | Significant boundary modification of “Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park”, Viet Nam; (viii)(ix)(x); inscribed in 2003, 2015 |
| Mons Klint | Denmark | – |
| Cavernas do Peruaçu National Park | Brazil | – |
External event 06 Jul, 2025
47th session of the World Heritage Committee
The 47th session of the World Heritage Committee opened on Sunday, 6 July 2025, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. Over the following 10 days, the Committee will decide which new sites will be added to the prestigious World Heritage List, in addition to decisions on the conservation and management actions needed to protected existing World Heritage sites under threat.
IUCN is the official advisor on nature to the World Heritage Committee, which is the governing body of the Convention and is made up of 21 of the Convention’s signatory States Parties, chaired this year by Bulgaria. Over the past year, IUCN has undertaken extensive research and on the ground visits, to provide technical recommendations on the evaluation of potential new sites for inscription on the World Heritage List, and on the state of conservation of existing natural World Heritage sites including those on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
The livestream of the World Heritage Committee meeting is available here.
All documents for the World Heritage Committee meeting are available here.
IUCN key messages available here.
IUCN recommendations
- IUCN Evaluation report of new nominations (WHC/25/47.COM/INF.8B2 and WHC/25/47.COM/INF.8B2.Add )
- State of conservation reports for sites on the List of World Heritage in Danger (WHC/25/47.COM/7A , WHC/25/47.COM/7A.Add , WHC/25/47.COM/7A.Add.2, WHC/25/47.COM/7A.Add.3 and WHC/25/47/7A.Add.4)
- State of conservation reports for sites on the World Heritage List (WHC/25/47.COM/7B , WHC/25/47.COM/7B.Add , WHC/25/47.COM/7B.Add.2, WHC/25/47.COM/7B.Add.3 and WHC/25/47.COM/7B.Add.4)
| State of Conservation of sites on the List of World Heritage in Danger | |
| Site | Country |
| Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra | Indonesia |
| East Rennell | Solomon Islands |
| Everglades National Park | United States of America |
| Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve | Honduras |
| Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California | Mexico |
| Manovo Gounda St. Floris National Park | Central African Republic |
| Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve | Côte d’Ivoire / Guinea |
| General Decision on the World Heritage properties in the Democratic Republic of the ... | |
| State of conservation of sites on the World Heritage List | |
| Site | Country |
| Gondwana Rainforests of Australia | Australia |
| Great Barrier Reef | Australia |
| Greater Blue Mountains Area | Australia |
| Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas | China |
| Keoladeo National Park | India |
| Komodo National Park | Indonesia |
| Shiretoko | Japan |
| Western Tien-Shan | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan |
| Cold Winter Deserts of Turan | Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan |
| Phoenix Islands Protected Area | Kiribati |
| Landscapes of Dauria | Mongolia, Russian Federation |
| Chit ... | |
Selected Side Events
07 – 09 July – World Heritage Site Manager’s Forum, co-organised by ICCROM and IUCN.
07 July (lunchtime) – ‘Capacity Building for improving management of World Heritage’- co-organised by ICCROM and IUCN.
08 July (lunchtime) – ‘Using the World Heritage Convention to deliver on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework’ – organised by UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
09 July (lunchtime) – ‘The Updated World Heritage Gap Analyses’ – co-organised by ICOMOS and IUCN.
09 July (lunchtime) – ‘Launch of the actualized version World Heritage Online Map Platform’ – organised by UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
10 July (lunchtime) – ‘Building engagement of Indigenous Peoples within the framework of the World Heritage Convention’- co-organised by UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the International Indigenous People’s Forum on World Heritage (IIPFWH).
11 July (lunchtime) – ‘Extractive Industries and World Heritage: what are investors saying about the ‘no-go’ commitment’ – co-organised by IUCN and UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
11 July (lunchtime) - ‘Enhancing World Heritage: exploring the potential of the Preliminary Assessment process for World Heritage nominations’, co-organised by IUCN and ICOMOS.
11 July (evening) – ‘Bridging the Gap: Regional Collaboration for Africa’s Tentative Lists’, organised by FOPCHEN.
12 July (lunchtime) – ‘Progress and Prospects for Natural World Heritage in the Oceania region’, organised by IUCN.
About IUCN and the World Heritage Convention
Since the inception of the World Heritage Convention in 1972, IUCN has played a unique role as the official advisory body under the World Heritage Convention on natural World Heritage. This involves leading the technical recommendation of all new nominations of natural and mixed World Heritage sites, monitoring the status of existing natural and mixed World Heritage sites and the newly added Preliminary Assessment process to provide direct advice on the feasibility of potential nominations to states parties.
IUCN also works independently on the Convention to support World Heritage sites globally though our extensive network of programs and policies led though our central Secretariat team, our expert commissions, and our member organisations.
Find out more about IUCN's work on World Heritage here and discover natural World Heritage sites here.
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