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State of Conservation (SOC)

Results

176 SOC reports
178 Property(ies)
91 States Parties
Date Start: 2009
Date end: 2009

By Year
Properties by Region
Properties by Category
Statistics
Year Property SOC Regions Categories
EUR APA LAC ARB AFR Cultural Natural Mixed
2009
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
178
100%
20%
176 64
36%
7%
38
21%
4%
26
15%
3%
19
11%
2%
31
17%
4%
122
69%
14%
52
29%
6%
4
2%
0%
Threats*
Threats* Year
2009
Buildings and Development
2009
Commercial development 5
Housing 71
Industrial areas 2
Interpretative and visitation facilities 8
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 22
Transportation Infrastructure
2009
Air transport infrastructure 4
Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 16
Ground transport infrastructure 28
Marine transport infrastructure 7
Underground transport infrastructure 3
Services Infrastructures
2009
Localised utilities 1
Major linear utilities 4
Non-renewable energy facilities 1
Renewable energy facilities 0
Water infrastructure 10
Pollution
2009
Ground water pollution 2
Pollution of marine waters 0
Solid waste 5
Surface water pollution 3
Air pollution 1
Input of excess energy 1
Biological resource use/modification
2009
Commercial wild plant collection 0
Forestry /wood production 6
Land conversion 22
Livestock farming/grazing of domesticated animals 15
Subsistence hunting 2
Subsistence wild plant collection 0
Aquaculture 0
Commercial hunting 3
Crop production 4
Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4
Physical resource extraction
2009
Mining 16
Oil and gas 6
Quarrying 0
Water (extraction) 3
Local conditions affecting physical fabric
2009
Dust 0
Micro-organisms 2
Pests 0
Radiation/light 0
Relative humidity 3
Temperature 2
Water (rain/water table) 9
Wind 3
Social/cultural uses of heritage
2009
Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 17
Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation 27
Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3
Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 2
Ritual/spiritual/religious and associative uses 0
Society's valuing of heritage 3
Other human activities
2009
Illegal activities 44
Civil unrest 12
Deliberate destruction of heritage 18
Military training 0
Terrorism 0
War 6
Climate change and severe weather events
2009
Other climate change impacts 3
Changes to oceanic waters 0
Desertification 0
Drought 0
Flooding 4
Storms 2
Temperature change 3
Sudden ecological or geological events
2009
Avalanche/ landslide 1
Earthquake 5
Erosion and siltation/ deposition 10
Fire (widlfires) 3
Tsunami/tidal wave 0
Volcanic eruption 0
Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species
2009
Invasive / alien marine species 0
Hyper-abundant species 0
Invasive / alien freshwater species 3
Invasive/alien terrestrial species 5
Modified genetic material 0
Translocated species 1
Management and institutional factors
2009
Financial resources 16
Governance 6
High impact research/monitoring activities 2
Human resources 19
Legal framework 13
Low impact research/monitoring activities 0
Management activities 25
Management systems/ management plan 104


* : 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.