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State of Conservation

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Reports
149
Properties concerned
89
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 2010close
Date end:2010close
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Category of site
Cultural site Natural site Mixed site

Site inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger
Cultural site Natural site Mixed site

Threats
Management systems/ management plan 95 Housing 55 Illegal activities 34 Ground transport infrastructure 23 Land conversion 20 Management activities 20 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 19 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 18 Mining 18 Legal framework 18 Financial resources 15 Water infrastructure 14 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 14 Deliberate destruction of heritage 14 Civil unrest 13 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 11 Human resources 9 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 8 Solid waste 8 Marine transport infrastructure 7 Water (rain/water table) 7 Governance 7 Surface water pollution 6 Oil and gas 6 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 6 War 5 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 5 Interpretative and visitation facilities 4 Air pollution 4 Forestry /wood production 4 Water (extraction) 4 Flooding 4 Earthquake 4 Fire (widlfires) 4 Underground transport infrastructure 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Commercial hunting 3 Crop production 3 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 3 Wind 3 High impact research / monitoring activities 3 Input of excess energy 2 Relative humidity 2 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 2 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 2 Society's valuing of heritage 2 Drought 2 Storms 2 Temperature change 2 Invasive / alien marine species 2 Commercial development 1 Industrial areas 1 Major linear utilities 1 Ground water pollution 1 Pollution of marine waters 1 Quarrying 1 Micro-organisms 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Avalanche/ landslide 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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