State of Conservation
| States Parties: |
 Sri Lanka
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Pests Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses Water (rain/water table) |
| Other Threats: | Continued deterioration of the paintings; General deterioration of the Golden Temple |
| States Parties: |
Sri Lanka
|
| Year: | 2021 |
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Pests Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses Water (rain/water table) |
| Other Threats: | Continued deterioration of the paintings; General deterioration of the Golden Temple |
| States Parties: |
Sri Lanka
|
| Year: | 2019 |
| Document Source: | WHC/19/43.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Pests Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses Water (rain/water table) |
| Other Threats: | Continued deterioration of the paintings |
| States Parties: |
Sri Lanka
|
| Year: | 2018 |
| Document Source: | WHC/18/42.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Pests Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses Water (rain/water table) |
| Other Threats: | Continued deterioration of the paintings |
| States Parties: |
Sri Lanka
|
| Year: | 2016 |
| Document Source: | WHC/16/40.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses |
| Other Threats: | Continued deterioration of the paintings |
| States Parties: |
Sri Lanka
|
| Year: | 2014 |
| Document Source: | WHC-14/38.COM/7B.Add,WHC-14/38.COM/7B.Add.Corr |
| Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses |
| Other Threats: | Continued deterioration of the paintings; New Buddha statue introduced at the entrance to the property |
| States Parties: |
Sri Lanka
|
| Year: | 1999 |
| Document Source: | WHC-99/CONF.204/5 |
| Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses |
| Other Threats: | General deterioration of the Golden Temple |
| States Parties: |
Sri Lanka
|
| Year: | 1997 |
| Document Source: | WHC-97/CONF.208/8B |
| Threats*: | Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 Chile
|
| Year: | 1998 |
| Document Source: | WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev. |
| Threats*: | High impact research / monitoring activities Marine transport infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
 India
|
| Year: | 2008 |
| Document Source: | WHC-08/32.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
 United States of America
|
| Year: | 1995 |
| Document Source: | WHC-95/CONF.201/4,WHC-95/CONF.203/5,WHC-95/CONF.203/5 Add.1 |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
United States of America
|
| Year: | 1994 |
| Document Source: | WHC-94/CONF.003/6 |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
 Philippines
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Financial resources Human resources Illegal activities Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts Society's valuing of heritage |
| States Parties: |
Philippines
|
| Year: | 2018 |
| Document Source: | WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Financial resources Human resources Illegal activities Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage |
| States Parties: |
Philippines
|
| Year: | 2016 |
| Document Source: | WHC/16/40.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Financial resources Human resources Illegal activities Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage |
| States Parties: |
Philippines
|
| Year: | 2014 |
| Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Financial resources Human resources Illegal activities Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage |
| States Parties: |
Philippines
|
| Year: | 2012 |
| Document Source: | WHC-12/36.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Financial resources Human resources Illegal activities Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Philippines
|
| Year: | 2011 |
| Document Source: | WHC-11/35.COM/7A.Add |
| Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Financial resources Human resources Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Philippines
|
| Year: | 2010 |
| Document Source: | WHC-10/34.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Financial resources Housing Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage Water infrastructure |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Philippines
|
| Year: | 2009 |
| Document Source: | WHC-09/33.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Financial resources Housing Human resources Management activities Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage Water infrastructure |
| Danger List: | Yes |
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 Finland France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Haiti Holy See 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 2622 Housing 1259 Illegal activities 965 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 770 Ground transport infrastructure 759 Management activities 567 Legal framework 557 Land conversion 540 Mining 441 Financial resources 436 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 420 Human resources 391 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 384 Water infrastructure 334 Civil unrest 307 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 300 War 257 Water (rain/water table) 254 Deliberate destruction of heritage 253 Interpretative and visitation facilities 215 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 199 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 191 Governance 188 Surface water pollution 176 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 173 Oil and gas 170 Commercial development 167 Solid waste 162 Marine transport infrastructure 147 Forestry /wood production 141 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 137 Flooding 116 Storms 115 Major linear utilities 114 Crop production 104 Earthquake 97 Fire (widlfires) 97 Water (extraction) 78 Underground transport infrastructure 76 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 71 Other climate change impacts 70 Renewable energy facilities 69 Relative humidity 69 Air pollution 66 Society's valuing of heritage 62 Invasive / alien freshwater species 62 Air transport infrastructure 58 High impact research / monitoring activities 56 Localised utilities 55 Commercial hunting 55 Industrial areas 50 Wind 50 Quarrying 44 Ground water pollution 39 Input of excess energy 38 Subsistence hunting 38 Drought 33 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 32 Non-renewable energy facilities 31 Avalanche/ landslide 30 Invasive / alien marine species 30 Changes to oceanic waters 23 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 22 Desertification 21 Pollution of marine waters 20 Temperature change 18 Translocated species 17 Temperature 13 Micro-organisms 12 Volcanic eruption 9 Military training 8 Pests 6 Terrorism 6 Subsistence wild plant collection 5 Hyper-abundant species 5 Aquaculture 4 Low impact research / monitoring activities 4 Tsunami/tidal wave 3 Radiation/light 2
* :
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.
