State of Conservation
States Parties: | Canada |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Other climate change impacts Water infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Lack of engagement with First Nations and Metis in monitoring activities and insufficient consideration of traditional ecological knowledge |
States Parties: | Canada |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Water infrastructure |
States Parties: | Canada |
Year: | 2004 |
Document Source: | WHC-04/28.COM/15B |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure |
States Parties: | Canada |
Year: | 2003 |
Document Source: | WHC.03/27.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure |
States Parties: | Canada |
Year: | 2002 |
Document Source: | WHC-02/CONF.202/17 |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure |
States Parties: | Spain |
Year: | 2013 |
Document Source: | WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure |
States Parties: | Spain |
Year: | 2011 |
Document Source: | WHC-11/35.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Underground transport infrastructure |
States Parties: | Spain |
Year: | 2010 |
Document Source: | WHC-10/34.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Underground transport infrastructure |
States Parties: | Spain |
Year: | 2009 |
Document Source: | WHC-09/33.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Underground transport infrastructure |
States Parties: | Spain |
Year: | 2008 |
Document Source: | WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Underground transport infrastructure |
States Parties: | China |
Year: | 2021 |
Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Air pollution Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Surface water pollution |
States Parties: | China |
Year: | 2019 |
Document Source: | WHC/19/43.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Air pollution Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Surface water pollution |
States Parties: | China |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Air pollution Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Surface water pollution |
States Parties: | China |
Year: | 1998 |
Document Source: | WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev. |
Threats*: | Flooding Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | United States of America |
Year: | 2012 |
Document Source: | WHC-12/36.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Air pollution Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Input of excess energy Invasive / alien freshwater species Management systems/ management plan Mining Surface water pollution |
States Parties: | United States of America |
Year: | 2010 |
Document Source: | WHC-10/34.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Air pollution Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Input of excess energy Invasive / alien freshwater species Management systems/ management plan Mining Surface water pollution |
States Parties: | United States of America |
Year: | 2008 |
Document Source: | WHC-08/32.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Air pollution Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Input of excess energy Invasive / alien freshwater species Management systems/ management plan Mining Surface water pollution |
States Parties: | United States of America |
Year: | 2006 |
Document Source: | WHC-06/30.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Air pollution Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Input of excess energy Invasive / alien freshwater species Mining |
States Parties: | United States of America |
Year: | 2005 |
Document Source: | WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev |
Threats*: | Air pollution Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Input of excess energy Invasive / alien freshwater species Mining |
States Parties: | United States of America |
Year: | 2004 |
Document Source: | WHC-04/28.COM/15B.Add |
Threats*: | Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Input of excess energy Invasive / alien freshwater species Mining Surface water pollution |
Other Threats: | Brucella infection threat to bison population |
States Parties
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) New Zealand Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Togo Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 2442 Housing 1196 Illegal activities 895 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 715 Ground transport infrastructure 692 Management activities 513 Legal framework 508 Land conversion 504 Mining 411 Financial resources 392 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 373 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 366 Human resources 365 Water infrastructure 306 Civil unrest 289 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 279 War 247 Deliberate destruction of heritage 245 Water (rain/water table) 230 Interpretative and visitation facilities 211 Governance 184 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 180 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 178 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 162 Oil and gas 161 Commercial development 154 Surface water pollution 154 Solid waste 149 Marine transport infrastructure 140 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 124 Forestry /wood production 124 Major linear utilities 108 Flooding 108 Storms 99 Crop production 97 Fire (widlfires) 95 Earthquake 88 Underground transport infrastructure 76 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 70 Other climate change impacts 70 Renewable energy facilities 66 Water (extraction) 66 Society's valuing of heritage 61 Invasive / alien freshwater species 59 High impact research / monitoring activities 56 Commercial hunting 55 Relative humidity 54 Air transport infrastructure 53 Air pollution 52 Industrial areas 44 Wind 43 Localised utilities 41 Quarrying 41 Ground water pollution 39 Subsistence hunting 36 Drought 33 Non-renewable energy facilities 31 Input of excess energy 31 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 30 Avalanche/ landslide 26 Invasive / alien marine species 26 Changes to oceanic waters 23 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 22 Desertification 19 Pollution of marine waters 18 Temperature change 18 Translocated species 17 Micro-organisms 10 Volcanic eruption 9 Temperature 8 Military training 8 Hyper-abundant species 5 Aquaculture 4 Subsistence wild plant collection 4 Pests 4 Low impact research / monitoring activities 4 Terrorism 3 Tsunami/tidal wave 3
* :
The threats indicated are listed in alphabetical order; their order does not constitute a classification according to the importance of their impact on the property.
Furthermore, they are presented irrespective of the type of threat faced by the property, i.e. with specific and proven imminent danger (“ascertained danger”) or with threats which could have deleterious effects on the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (“potential danger”).
** : All mission reports are not always available electronically.