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State of Conservation

157
Reports
157
Properties concerned
96
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 2018close
Date end:2018close
States Parties: Austria
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A
Threats*: Housing Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: China
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Commercial development Deliberate destruction of heritage Ground transport infrastructure Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Suriname
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Saudi Arabia
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: High rate of decay of the historic houses
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Financial resources Housing Human resources Land conversion Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Peru
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Chile
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Wind
Other Threats: Extremely fragile nature of the industrial buildings that were constructed using local materials such as timber for frames, corrugated iron sheets for roofs and some walls, in addition to stucco and lightweight construction; Lack of maintenance over the past 40 years; Corrosion of metal cladding and dismantlement of some of the structural elements. A few buildings such as the Leaching House are liable to structural collapse if no support is given
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Governance Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
States Parties: Argentina
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Governance Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
States Parties: Mozambique
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: Growing number of collapsed or seriously dilapidated buildings
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Illegal activities
Other Threats: Serious concerns over the conservation status of two species, vaquita (porpoise species) and totoaba (marine fish)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Commercial hunting Illegal activities Land conversion Mining War
Other Threats: Villages in the ecological corridor between the highland and lowland sectors of the park
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Earthquake Ground transport infrastructure Housing Localised utilities Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure
States Parties: India
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Invasive / alien freshwater species Invasive/alien terrestrial species Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Disappearance of Siberian cranes
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Structural integrity issues at the Church of the Transfiguration
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Mining Surface water pollution Water infrastructure
States Parties: Malawi
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive / alien freshwater species Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas Surface water pollution
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas Water infrastructure
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2018
Document Source: ,WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure Solid waste
Other Threats: Deterioration of dwellings
States Parties: Mauritius
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Commercial development Governance High impact research / monitoring activities Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Crop production Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Industrial areas Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Air pollution Commercial development Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses
States Parties: Zimbabwe
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Mining
States Parties: Central African Republic
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: South Africa
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Industrial areas Management activities Mining
States Parties: Serbia
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Unsatisfactory state of conservation and maintenance of the property
Danger List:  Yes
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Threats
Management systems/ management plan 117 Housing 50 Illegal activities 39 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 36 Legal framework 31 Ground transport infrastructure 29 Land conversion 25 Management activities 24 War 23 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 22 Mining 21 Governance 18 Human resources 18 Financial resources 17 Water infrastructure 15 Interpretative and visitation facilities 14 Civil unrest 14 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 13 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 13 Oil and gas 10 Deliberate destruction of heritage 10 Commercial development 9 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 9 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 8 Surface water pollution 8 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 8 Marine transport infrastructure 7 Underground transport infrastructure 7 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Water (rain/water table) 7 Solid waste 6 Forestry /wood production 6 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Major linear utilities 5 Renewable energy facilities 5 Fire (widlfires) 5 Localised utilities 4 Commercial hunting 4 Quarrying 4 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 4 Flooding 4 Other climate change impacts 4 Earthquake 4 Invasive / alien freshwater species 4 Industrial areas 3 Air pollution 3 Crop production 3 Water (extraction) 3 Storms 3 Wind 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Drought 2 Invasive / alien marine species 2 High impact research / monitoring activities 2 Input of excess energy 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Pests 1 Relative humidity 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Changes to oceanic waters 1 Desertification 1 Translocated species 1

* : 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.


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