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State of Conservation

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Date Start: 2001close
Date end:2001close
Region: Asia and the Pacificclose
Ajanta Caves (2001)
States Parties: India
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Fragile mural paintings
Ancient City of Sigiriya (2001)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Angkor (2001)
States Parties: Cambodia
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/09,WHC-01/CONF.208/9
Threats*: Human resources Illegal activities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Urgent problems of conservation
Danger List:  Yes
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) (2001)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Financial resources Illegal activities Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Chitwan National Park (2001)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Major linear utilities
Ellora Caves (2001)
States Parties: India
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Fragile mural paintings
Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore (2001)
States Parties: Pakistan
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/09,WHC-01/CONF.208/9,WHC-2001/CONF.205/4
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Water infrastructure
Danger List:  Yes
Great Barrier Reef (2001)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Mining
Greater Blue Mountains Area (2001)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Mining Surface water pollution
Group of Monuments at Hampi (2001)
States Parties: India
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/09,WHC-01/CONF.208/9,WHC-2001/CONF.205/4
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Gunung Mulu National Park (2001)
States Parties: Malaysia
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of inclusion of indigenous peoples and their claims in the decision to extend the Park
Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago (2001)
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Rapid economic development
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) (2001)
States Parties: Japan
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Earthquake
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa (2001)
States Parties: China
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses Water (rain/water table)
Itsukushima Shinto Shrine (2001)
States Parties: Japan
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Earthquake
K’gari (Fraser Island) (2001)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Risk to humans posed by the dingo population
Kakadu National Park (2001)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan Mining
Kathmandu Valley (2001)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Housing Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need for restoration/consolidation works
Kaziranga National Park (2001)
States Parties: India
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Financial resources Illegal activities
Other Threats: Elephant-human conflicts
Komodo National Park (2001)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Lorentz National Park (2001)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha (2001)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Extremely harsh natural environment; Improve the drainage for the Temple
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (2001)
States Parties: India
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/09,WHC-01/CONF.208/9,WHC-2001/CONF.205/4
Threats*: Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion
Other Threats: Destruction of Park infrastructures
Danger List:  Yes
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (2001)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian (2001)
States Parties: China
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Mining Quarrying
Other Threats: Lack of maintenance ; Industrial pollution
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (2001)
States Parties: Philippines
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.207/INF.5,WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Sinharaja Forest Reserve (2001)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Crop production Land conversion Management systems/ management plan
Sundarbans National Park (2001)
States Parties: India
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Marine transport infrastructure
Other Threats: System of National Waterways proposed for the Sundarbans Reserve
Tasmanian Wilderness (2001)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Interpretative and visitation facilities Water infrastructure
The Sundarbans (2001)
States Parties: Bangladesh
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Oil and gas
Other Threats: High level of salinity
Tongariro National Park (2001)
States Parties: New Zealand
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Management activities Society's valuing of heritage Volcanic eruption
Wet Tropics of Queensland (2001)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Interpretative and visitation facilities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts Water (extraction)
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Australia Bangladesh Cambodia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Nepal New Zealand Pakistan Philippines Sri Lanka Viet Nam
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 19 Management activities 7 Ground transport infrastructure 6 Illegal activities 5 Housing 4 Interpretative and visitation facilities 4 Mining 4 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 4 Land conversion 3 Financial resources 3 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 2 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Marine transport infrastructure 2 Water infrastructure 2 Water (rain/water table) 2 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Deliberate destruction of heritage 2 Earthquake 2 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 2 Legal framework 2 Air transport infrastructure 1 Major linear utilities 1 Surface water pollution 1 Crop production 1 Oil and gas 1 Quarrying 1 Water (extraction) 1 Relative humidity 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Civil unrest 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Fire (widlfires) 1 Volcanic eruption 1 Human resources 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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