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State of Conservation (SOC)

Results

132 SOC reports
138 Property(ies)
77 States Parties
Date Start: 2005
Date end: 2005

By Year
Properties by Region
Properties by Category
Statistics
Year Property SOC Regions Categories
EUR APA LAC ARB AFR Cultural Natural Mixed
2005
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
138
100%
18%
132 47
34%
6%
34
25%
4%
16
12%
2%
16
12%
2%
25
18%
3%
89
64%
11%
44
32%
6%
5
4%
1%
Threats*
Threats* Year
2005
Buildings and Development
2005
Commercial development 5
Housing 37
Industrial areas 0
Interpretative and visitation facilities 7
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 3
Transportation Infrastructure
2005
Air transport infrastructure 1
Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 8
Ground transport infrastructure 16
Marine transport infrastructure 1
Underground transport infrastructure 0
Services Infrastructures
2005
Localised utilities 1
Major linear utilities 3
Non-renewable energy facilities 0
Renewable energy facilities 2
Water infrastructure 10
Pollution
2005
Ground water pollution 2
Pollution of marine waters 2
Solid waste 8
Surface water pollution 3
Air pollution 1
Input of excess energy 1
Biological resource use/modification
2005
Commercial wild plant collection 0
Forestry /wood production 4
Land conversion 9
Livestock farming/grazing of domesticated animals 6
Subsistence hunting 1
Subsistence wild plant collection 0
Aquaculture 0
Commercial hunting 1
Crop production 7
Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4
Physical resource extraction
2005
Mining 12
Oil and gas 3
Quarrying 0
Water (extraction) 1
Local conditions affecting physical fabric
2005
Dust 0
Micro-organisms 0
Pests 0
Radiation/light 0
Relative humidity 1
Temperature 0
Water (rain/water table) 4
Wind 1
Social/cultural uses of heritage
2005
Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 15
Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation 21
Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 2
Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 0
Ritual/spiritual/religious and associative uses 0
Society's valuing of heritage 1
Other human activities
2005
Illegal activities 30
Civil unrest 11
Deliberate destruction of heritage 9
Military training 0
Terrorism 0
War 6
Climate change and severe weather events
2005
Other climate change impacts 0
Changes to oceanic waters 0
Desertification 0
Drought 1
Flooding 3
Storms 0
Temperature change 1
Sudden ecological or geological events
2005
Avalanche/ landslide 1
Earthquake 4
Erosion and siltation/ deposition 7
Fire (widlfires) 2
Tsunami/tidal wave 2
Volcanic eruption 0
Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species
2005
Invasive / alien marine species 0
Hyper-abundant species 0
Invasive / alien freshwater species 2
Invasive/alien terrestrial species 4
Modified genetic material 0
Translocated species 0
Management and institutional factors
2005
Financial resources 11
Governance 2
High impact research/monitoring activities 2
Human resources 11
Legal framework 15
Low impact research/monitoring activities 0
Management activities 11
Management systems/ management plan 83


* : 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.