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State of Conservation

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Date Start: 2004close
Date end:2004close
Region: Europe and North Americaclose
Acropolis, Athens (2004)
States Parties: Greece
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities
Auschwitz Birkenau
German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) (2004)
States Parties: Poland
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Białowieża Forest (2004)
States Parties: Belarus Poland
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Air pollution Forestry /wood production Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Temperature change Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Fencing along the international border
Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne (2004)
States Parties: Ireland
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Localised utilities Management systems/ management plan
Butrint (2004)
States Parties: Albania
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15A.Rev
Threats*: Housing Illegal activities Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: a) Lack of adequate protection and conservation of the site; b) Serious deterioration of materials resulting in an important loss of cultural significance
Danger List:  Yes
City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg (2004)
States Parties: Austria
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing
City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto (2004)
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing
Cologne Cathedral (2004)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Housing
Cultural Landscape of Sintra (2004)
States Parties: Portugal
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deteriorating state of conservation
Curonian Spit (2004)
States Parties: Lithuania Russian Federation
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major linear utilities Oil and gas Storms
Doñana National Park (2004)
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Pollution of marine waters
Everglades National Park (2004)
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15A.Rev
Threats*: Ground water pollution Housing Management activities Surface water pollution Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Concerns about numbers of boaters in Florida Bay and their impacts on bottomland wilderness, including especially propeller scars from boat groundings.
Danger List:  Yes
Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape (2004)
States Parties: Austria Hungary
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz (2004)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Flooding Marine transport infrastructure
Gelati Monastery (2004)
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: High impact research / monitoring activities Management activities Water (rain/water table) Wind
Hanseatic City of Lübeck (2004)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Housing
Henderson Island (2004)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Historic Areas of Istanbul (2004)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Earthquake Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage
Other Threats: Continued degradation of the civil architecture
Historic Centre of Riga (2004)
States Parties: Latvia
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Housing Marine transport infrastructure
Historic Centre of Sighişoara (2004)
States Parties: Romania
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan
Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg (2004)
States Parties: Austria
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Historic Centre of Vienna (2004)
States Parties: Austria
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Housing
Historic District of Old Québec (2004)
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Housing Human resources Marine transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Risk of fire
Historical Monuments of Mtskheta (2004)
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) (2004)
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Quarrying
Kizhi Pogost (2004)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Financial resources Management activities
Other Threats: Fragile wooden heritage
Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (2004)
States Parties: Ukraine
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Housing
L'viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre (2004)
States Parties: Ukraine
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management activities Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage Solid waste
Other Threats: Conflict between the construction of new properties and the restoration of existing buildings
Lake Baikal (2004)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Legal framework Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution
Other Threats: a) Decline of the seal population; b) Forest fires
Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments (2004)
States Parties: Slovakia
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure
Megalithic Temples of Malta (2004)
States Parties: Malta
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Ground transport infrastructure Housing Illegal activities Input of excess energy Solid waste
Mount Athos (2004)
States Parties: Greece
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Fire
Nahanni National Park (2004)
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Mining
Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (2004)
States Parties: Montenegro
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (2004)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Housing
Other Threats: Fire
Old City of Salamanca (2004)
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches (2004)
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Housing
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (2004)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Fire
Paphos (2004)
States Parties: Cyprus
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities
Pirin National Park (2004)
States Parties: Bulgaria
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (2004)
States Parties: Spain France
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Rock Art of Alta (2004)
States Parties: Norway
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica (2004)
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain (2004)
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Water infrastructure
Škocjan Caves (2004)
States Parties: Slovenia
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Renewable energy facilities Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
Srebarna Nature Reserve (2004)
States Parties: Bulgaria
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of monitoring system
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (2004)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure High impact research / monitoring activities Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Risks of collapse
Tower of London (2004)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Housing
Volcanoes of Kamchatka (2004)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B.Add
Threats*: Commercial hunting Financial resources Fire (widlfires) Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Illegal activities Legal framework Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan Mining Renewable energy facilities
Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower (2004)
States Parties: Azerbaijan
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15A.Rev
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Financial resources Housing Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Wood Buffalo National Park (2004)
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure
Yellowstone National Park (2004)
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
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Albania Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Bulgaria Canada Cyprus France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Malta Montenegro Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Slovakia Slovenia Spain Türkiye Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of America
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 25 Housing 23 Ground transport infrastructure 11 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 10 Management activities 7 Legal framework 6 Deliberate destruction of heritage 5 Illegal activities 5 Interpretative and visitation facilities 4 Major linear utilities 4 Financial resources 4 Marine transport infrastructure 3 Water infrastructure 3 Surface water pollution 3 Mining 3 Human resources 3 Renewable energy facilities 2 Input of excess energy 2 Solid waste 2 Water (rain/water table) 2 Society's valuing of heritage 2 High impact research / monitoring activities 2 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 1 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Underground transport infrastructure 1 Localised utilities 1 Air pollution 1 Ground water pollution 1 Pollution of marine waters 1 Commercial hunting 1 Forestry /wood production 1 Oil and gas 1 Quarrying 1 Water (extraction) 1 Wind 1 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 1 Flooding 1 Storms 1 Temperature change 1 Earthquake 1 Fire (widlfires) 1 Invasive / alien freshwater 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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