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States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 2015close
Date end:2015close
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Niger
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Erosion and siltation/ deposition Forestry /wood production Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Structural instability of Stele 3
States Parties: Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Housing Illegal activities War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Deliberate destruction of heritage Flooding Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Quarrying War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: Series of structural collapses at the property
States Parties: Libya
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Crop production Deliberate destruction of heritage Governance Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution
States Parties: Costa Rica
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Renewable energy facilities
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Flooding Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Fragile mud brick structures
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
States Parties: Belize
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Housing Invasive / alien marine species Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Oil and gas
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: State of Palestine
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Degradation of the architectural complex of the Church of the Nativity
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Hungary
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of conservation of residential housing in the area inscribed as World Heritage
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Peru
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Continuous deterioration of earthen architecture structures and decorated surfaces from lack of conservation and maintenance practices
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure
States Parties: Chile
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Management activities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Mining Surface water pollution
Other Threats: Instability and risk of collapse of the Cerro Rico; Deficiencies in conservation: special attention required for the restoration and upgrading of structures with residential use and the archaeological industrial heritage
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Fire (widlfires) Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Commercial development Mining
States Parties: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Flooding Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Serious deterioration of materials and structure; Deterioration of the architectural and urban coherence and integrity of the property
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan Quarrying War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Afghanistan
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Civil unrest Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities
Other Threats: Risk of imminent collapse of the Giant Buddha niches; Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintings
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Governance Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: China
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Cameroon
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Mining Water infrastructure
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Crop production Major linear utilities Mining Non-renewable energy facilities Oil and gas Pollution of marine waters Water (extraction) Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: State of the Guadalquivir River and dredging project
States Parties: Thailand
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Forest fragmentation / Need for ecological corridors
States Parties: Solomon Islands
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Changes to oceanic waters Commercial hunting Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Forestry /wood production Invasive/alien terrestrial species Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Mining Storms
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Gabon
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Illegal activities Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Ground water pollution Housing Invasive / alien freshwater species Storms Surface water pollution Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Mercury contamination of fish and wildlife
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Panama
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Fragile state of the property and accelerated degradation by environmental factors and the lack of maintenance
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: South Africa
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground water pollution Mining Surface water pollution
Other Threats: Acid mine drainage
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Other Threats: General need for interior and exterior conservation work on the monuments
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Major linear utilities
States Parties: Australia
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Changes to oceanic waters Ground water pollution Marine transport infrastructure Non-renewable energy facilities Other climate change impacts Storms Surface water pollution Temperature change
States Parties: India
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Housing
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage War
States Parties: India
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Human resources Industrial areas Mining
Other Threats: vulnerabilities of certain individual structures within the forts requiring short-term conservation actions
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2015
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Continued degradation of the vernacular architecture within the protected zones (particularly Ottoman-period timber houses in the Zeyrek and Süleymaniye core areas); Land Reclamation project
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Dilapidated infrastructure; Neglect and lack of maintenance
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
States Parties: Peru
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Management activities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Austria
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
States Parties: Austria
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
States Parties: Albania
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Illegal activities Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of adequate fire fighting arrangements in the historic urban zone
States Parties: Thailand
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Flooding Management activities
Other Threats: Deterioration due to time
States Parties: Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Chile
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Commercial development Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Fire
States Parties: Peru
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Avalanche/ landslide Flooding Governance Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Human resources Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Pakistan
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts
Other Threats: Stability of the foundations (earth mechanics) of the Jam Nizamuddin tomb
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Chile
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.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; Very little conservation work carried out
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest 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: Algeria
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Erosion and siltation/ deposition Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Earthquake Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Renewable energy facilities
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Morocco
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Erosion and siltation/ deposition Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Ukraine
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Ukraine
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Mining Surface water pollution Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas Water infrastructure
States Parties: Chad
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Solid waste
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure Solid waste
Other Threats: Deterioration of dwellings
States Parties: Mauritius
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: necessity to strengthen the integrity within the property
States Parties: Fiji
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Human resources Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Commercial development Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Nothofagus dieback
States Parties: Colombia
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Lesotho South Africa
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need for further research and documentation to establish an inventory of rock art in Sehlabathebe National Park; Need for study of the potential cultural contribution of other landscape elements to the cultural values of Sehlabathebe National Park
States Parties: India
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Civil unrest Crop production Financial resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Water infrastructure
States Parties: Central African Republic
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
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: Honduras
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure High impact research / monitoring activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of construction materials due to natural decay phenomena
States Parties: Serbia
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Civil unrest Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Unsatisfactory state of conservation and maintenance of the property
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Housing Underground transport infrastructure
States Parties: Afghanistan
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Civil unrest Erosion and siltation/ deposition Flooding Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Inclination of the Minaret
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Other Threats: Reported decline in the overwintering population of Monarch butterfly
States Parties: Dominica
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Renewable energy facilities
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire Guinea
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Mining
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Marine transport infrastructure Oil and gas
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Crop production Governance Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan Renewable energy facilities
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Drought Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining Translocated species Water infrastructure
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Mining
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan)
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Governance High impact research / monitoring activities Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Natural risk factors; Deterioration of monuments
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Civil unrest Housing Land conversion Management activities
Other Threats: Functional decay of the residential neighborhoods
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Solid waste War
Other Threats: Deterioration of dwellings
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Civil unrest Flooding
Other Threats: Poor maintenance
States Parties: Nigeria
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Surface water pollution
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: State of Palestine
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Invasive/alien terrestrial species
Other Threats: potential construction of a separation fence (wall)
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Housing Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Kiribati
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources
States Parties: France
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Micro-organisms
States Parties: Philippines
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Bahrain
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing
States Parties: Madagascar
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Governance Illegal activities Land conversion Mining Subsistence hunting
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
States Parties: Honduras
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Libya
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Human resources
States Parties: Benin
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Crop production Subsistence hunting Subsistence wild plant collection
Other Threats: Fire at the site
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Conservation of urban fabric
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Central African Republic Congo Cameroon
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Civil unrest Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Mining
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Financial resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Significant decline of wildlife populations due to poaching
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Japan
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals
Other Threats: Declining populations of Walia ibex, Ethiopian wolf and other large mammal species
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Housing Illegal activities Localised utilities Major linear utilities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity War
Other Threats: serious weathering of many stone blocks
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Governance Ground transport infrastructure Invasive / alien marine species Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Environmental pressures in relation with the Malindi port project; Natural disasters and lack of risk-preparedness
States Parties: Costa Rica Panama
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Water infrastructure
States Parties: Australia
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Mining
States Parties: Bangladesh
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Non-renewable energy facilities Storms
Other Threats: Dredging of the Pashur River
States Parties: China
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Mining Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Apparent decline in wildlife populations
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Algeria
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Human resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Marine transport infrastructure
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Uganda
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Governance Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Land conversion Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Insufficient maintenance
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Unstable structures and lack of security
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Input of excess energy Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Renewable energy facilities
States Parties: Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Mining
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Oil and gas War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Mining Renewable energy facilities
Other Threats: Decline in populations of wild reindeer and snow sheep
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Water infrastructure
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
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Management systems/ management plan 95 Housing 50 Illegal activities 38 Ground transport infrastructure 30 Land conversion 29 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 25 Management activities 25 Legal framework 21 Mining 20 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 16 Civil unrest 16 Water infrastructure 15 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 15 War 15 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 14 Human resources 13 Deliberate destruction of heritage 10 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 10 Financial resources 9 Interpretative and visitation facilities 8 Surface water pollution 8 Water (rain/water table) 8 Governance 8 Solid waste 7 Oil and gas 7 Flooding 7 Commercial development 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 6 Marine transport infrastructure 6 Major linear utilities 6 Renewable energy facilities 6 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 6 Crop production 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Fire (widlfires) 5 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 4 Storms 4 Underground transport infrastructure 3 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Ground water pollution 3 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Commercial hunting 2 Subsistence hunting 2 Quarrying 2 Water (extraction) 2 Changes to oceanic waters 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Invasive / alien marine species 2 High impact research / monitoring activities 2 Industrial areas 1 Localised utilities 1 Air pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Pollution of marine waters 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Micro-organisms 1 Relative humidity 1 Wind 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Drought 1 Temperature change 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Earthquake 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 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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