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State of Conservation

891
Reports
192
Properties concerned
45
States Parties with SOC reports
Date end:2013close
Region: Europe and North Americaclose
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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 433 Housing 292 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 145 Ground transport infrastructure 134 Legal framework 85 Surface water pollution 78 Management activities 76 Illegal activities 71 Mining 60 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 58 Water infrastructure 56 Forestry /wood production 41 Oil and gas 41 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 40 Interpretative and visitation facilities 39 Major linear utilities 35 Financial resources 35 Deliberate destruction of heritage 34 Storms 31 Renewable energy facilities 27 Earthquake 26 Solid waste 24 Water (rain/water table) 23 Commercial development 21 Marine transport infrastructure 21 Water (extraction) 20 Relative humidity 20 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 19 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 19 Localised utilities 18 Crop production 17 Invasive / alien freshwater species 16 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 15 Human resources 15 Industrial areas 14 Underground transport infrastructure 14 Air pollution 14 Land conversion 14 Quarrying 14 Input of excess energy 12 Pollution of marine waters 12 Ground water pollution 11 Fire (widlfires) 11 Micro-organisms 10 War 9 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 8 Air transport infrastructure 7 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Civil unrest 7 High impact research / monitoring activities 7 Governance 6 Non-renewable energy facilities 5 Temperature 5 Wind 5 Flooding 5 Temperature change 5 Subsistence hunting 3 Radiation/light 3 Terrorism 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Society's valuing of heritage 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Commercial hunting 1 Pests 1 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Hyper-abundant 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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