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State of Conservation

135
Reports
135
Properties concerned
73
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 2006close
Date end:2006close
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Category of site
Cultural site Natural site Mixed site

Site inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger
Cultural site Natural site Mixed site

Threats
Management systems/ management plan 84 Housing 46 Illegal activities 34 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 30 Ground transport infrastructure 21 Legal framework 17 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 16 Financial resources 15 Human resources 15 Land conversion 14 Mining 14 Management activities 13 Civil unrest 12 Crop production 10 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 10 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 9 Water infrastructure 9 Water (rain/water table) 9 Deliberate destruction of heritage 8 Solid waste 7 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 7 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 7 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 6 Forestry /wood production 6 Flooding 6 Commercial development 5 Interpretative and visitation facilities 5 Surface water pollution 5 War 5 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4 Wind 4 Earthquake 4 Major linear utilities 3 Air pollution 3 Oil and gas 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Invasive / alien freshwater species 3 Governance 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Ground water pollution 2 Input of excess energy 2 Water (extraction) 2 Relative humidity 2 Drought 2 Storms 2 Industrial areas 1 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Localised utilities 1 Renewable energy facilities 1 Pollution of marine waters 1 Commercial hunting 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Quarrying 1 Temperature 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Military training 1 Desertification 1 Temperature change 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Translocated species 1 High impact research / monitoring activities 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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