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

4.12

291

11
Durmitor National Park

Montenegro

Inscribed: 1980

3.46

123

6
Kakadu National Park

Australia

Inscribed: 1981

3.85

92

9
Taï National Park

Côte d'Ivoire

Inscribed: 1982

3.08

3

0
Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve

Honduras

Inscribed: 1982

3.14

7

4
Great Smoky Mountains

United States of America

Inscribed: 1983

3.36

172

11
Sangay National Park

Ecuador

Inscribed: 1983

2.55

36

5
Machu Picchu

Peru

Inscribed: 1983

4.63

262

8
Sinharaja Forest

Sri Lanka

Inscribed: 1988

2.87

75

6
Dja Faunal Reserve

Cameroon

Inscribed: 1987

2.53

1

0
Jiuzhaigou Valley

China

Inscribed: 1992

4.10

56

3
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Uganda

Inscribed: 1994

3.96

60

4
Canaima National Park

Venezuela

Inscribed: 1994

3.74

26

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
Laurisilva of Madeira

Portugal

Inscribed: 1999

3.40

117

7
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

316

37
Rainforests of the Atsinanana

Madagascar

Inscribed: 2007

3.49

44

3
Sundarbans National Park

India

Inscribed: 1987

2.76

28

6
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers

India

Inscribed: 1988

3.15

9

2
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park

Canada, United States of America

Inscribed: 1995

3.91

130

8
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park

Bolivia

Inscribed: 2000

2.94

2

1
Shiretoko

Japan

Inscribed: 2005

3.50

38

8
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River

Philippines

Inscribed: 1999

3.21

74

18
Huanglong

China

Inscribed: 1992

3.85

54

5
Wet Tropics of Queensland

Australia

Inscribed: 1988

3.50

140

8
Salonga National Park

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Inscribed: 1984

0

0
Pantanal

Brazil

Inscribed: 2000

3.72

41

2
iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo NP

Mozambique, South Africa

Inscribed: 1999

3.38

60

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

4.36

203

9
Chitwan National Park

Nepal

Inscribed: 1984

3.28

89

11
Alejandro de Humboldt National Park

Cuba

Inscribed: 2001

3.16

26

3
Yosemite National Park

United States of America

Inscribed: 1984

4.28

288

12
Yellowstone

United States of America

Inscribed: 1978

4.49

215

12
Yakushima

Japan

Inscribed: 1993

3.73

32

5
Wood Buffalo National Park

Canada

Inscribed: 1983

2.82

12

4
Virunga National Park

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Inscribed: 1979

3.99

14

2
Virgin Komi Forests

Russia

Inscribed: 1995

2.53

13

4
Vallée de Mai

Seychelles

Inscribed: 1983

2.80

66

4
Ujung Kulon National Park

Indonesia

Inscribed: 1991

3.49

28

7
Tropical Rainforest Sumatra

Indonesia

Inscribed: 2004

3.56

42

7
Tongariro National Park

New Zealand

Inscribed: 1990

3.66

119

6
Tikal National Park

Guatemala

Inscribed: 1979

4.46

169

6
Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng

Thailand

Inscribed: 1991

2.64

25

7
Three parallel rivers of Yunnan

China

Inscribed: 2003

3.41

60

6
Te Wahipounamu

New Zealand

Inscribed: 1986

4.18

121

11
Tasmanian Wilderness

Australia

Inscribed: 1982

3.95

89

7
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves

Costa Rica, Panama

Inscribed: 1983

2.90

48

5
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries

China

Inscribed: 2006

3.32

77

4
Sian Ka'an

Mexico

Inscribed: 1987

2.82

93

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

30

3
Rio Abiseo National Park

Peru

Inscribed: 1990

3.00

6

2
Redwood

United States of America

Inscribed: 1980

4.01

188

7
Pirin National Park

Bulgaria

Inscribed: 1983

2.86

107

11
Olympic National Park

United States of America

Inscribed: 1981

3.86

141

8
Nahanni National Park

Canada

Inscribed: 1978

3.76

7

4
Mount Wuyi

China

Inscribed: 1999

3.43

48

4
Mount Taishan

China

Inscribed: 1987

3.61

71

7
Mount Sanqingshan

China

Inscribed: 2008

3.31

36

3
Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha

China

Inscribed: 1996

3.66

98

6
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve

Mexico

Inscribed: 2008

3.89

77

8
Manu National Park

Peru

Inscribed: 1987

3.74

30

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

77

5
Kinabalu Park

Malaysia

Inscribed: 2000

3.25

93

6
Huangshan

China

Inscribed: 1990

3.79

84

6
Gunung Mulu

Malaysia

Inscribed: 2000

4.11

58

6
Guanacaste

Costa Rica

Inscribed: 1999

3.13

70

6
Gros Morne National Park

Canada

Inscribed: 1987

3.91

66

10
Gondwana Rainforests

Australia

Inscribed: 1986

3.30

91

5
Garajonay

Spain

Inscribed: 1986

3.19

100

6
K’gari (formerly Fraser Island)

Australia

Inscribed: 1992

3.92

90

8
Dong Phayayen - Khao Yai

Thailand

Inscribed: 2005

2.84

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

18

2
Cocos Island

Costa Rica

Inscribed: 1997

3.85

6

2
Cerrado Protected Areas

Brazil

Inscribed: 2001

3.22

28

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

33

5
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks

Canada

Inscribed: 1984

4.41

180

9
Brazilian Atlantic Islands

Brazil

Inscribed: 2001

3.21

17

4
Białowieża Forest

Belarus, Poland

Inscribed: 1979

2.75

103

9
Atlantic Forest South-East

Brazil

Inscribed: 1999

3.02

39

5
Andrefana Dry Forests

Madagascar

Inscribed: 1990

3.84

29

4
Niokolo-Koba National Park

Senegal

Inscribed: 1981

2.16

21

2
Mount Kenya

Kenya

Inscribed: 1997

2.93

44

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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