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State of Conservation

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Reports
158
Properties concerned
87
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 2008close
Date end:2008close
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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 96 Housing 58 Illegal activities 35 Ground transport infrastructure 28 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 24 Management activities 20 Land conversion 17 Financial resources 17 Legal framework 15 Deliberate destruction of heritage 14 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 13 Mining 13 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 13 Civil unrest 13 Water infrastructure 12 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 12 Human resources 11 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 10 Water (rain/water table) 8 Solid waste 7 Surface water pollution 7 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 7 Commercial development 6 Interpretative and visitation facilities 6 Marine transport infrastructure 6 Oil and gas 6 War 6 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Flooding 5 Governance 5 Earthquake 4 Major linear utilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Crop production 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 High impact research / monitoring activities 3 Underground transport infrastructure 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Air pollution 2 Ground water pollution 2 Water (extraction) 2 Relative humidity 2 Storms 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Air transport infrastructure 1 Localised utilities 1 Non-renewable energy facilities 1 Quarrying 1 Micro-organisms 1 Wind 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Drought 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 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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