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State of Conservation

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Reports
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Properties concerned
113
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 2021close
Date end:2021close
States Parties: Mauritius
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7A
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Encroachments within the property and inappropriate recent constructions; Lack of engagement with local communities and other stakeholders
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Niger
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Erosion and siltation/ deposition Forestry /wood production Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Management systems/ management plan Mining
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Structural instability of Stele 3
States Parties: Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: China
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7A
Threats*: Housing Illegal activities War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7A
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage War
Other Threats: fire
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Bulgaria
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Governance Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Deliberate destruction of heritage Flooding Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Natural decay and structural problems Major infrastructure and development projects Uncontrolled urban development
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7A
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Quarrying War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Cambodia
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: • Uncontrolled urban expansion; • Lack of clarity regarding property rights and building codes; • Poor law enforcement;
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Solid waste Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: New buffer zone necessary
States Parties: Tunisia
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Libya
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7A
Threats*: Crop production Deliberate destruction of heritage Fire (widlfires) Governance Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Libya
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7A
Threats*: Desertification Illegal activities War
Other Threats: Deterioration of the stone masonry; Sand covering certain areas of the property; Graffiti and fires
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: India
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of appropriate documentation to establish the authenticity of the property
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Management systems/ management plan 196 Housing 92 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 70 Illegal activities 62 Ground transport infrastructure 53 Legal framework 53 Land conversion 40 Management activities 37 Mining 35 Human resources 34 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 33 Financial resources 32 Water infrastructure 29 Governance 29 Interpretative and visitation facilities 24 War 22 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 21 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 20 Water (rain/water table) 20 Commercial development 18 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 18 Civil unrest 16 Deliberate destruction of heritage 15 Other climate change impacts 15 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 14 Surface water pollution 12 Forestry /wood production 12 Marine transport infrastructure 11 Solid waste 11 Oil and gas 11 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 10 Major linear utilities 10 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 10 Fire (widlfires) 10 Underground transport infrastructure 9 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 9 Society's valuing of heritage 9 Flooding 8 Air transport infrastructure 7 Renewable energy facilities 7 Air pollution 6 Crop production 6 Water (extraction) 6 Storms 6 Non-renewable energy facilities 5 Commercial hunting 5 Quarrying 5 Earthquake 5 Invasive / alien freshwater species 5 Industrial areas 4 Ground water pollution 4 Changes to oceanic waters 4 High impact research / monitoring activities 4 Localised utilities 3 Subsistence hunting 3 Relative humidity 3 Wind 3 Desertification 3 Drought 3 Input of excess energy 2 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Invasive / alien marine species 2 Low impact research / monitoring activities 2 Pollution of marine waters 1 Aquaculture 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Pests 1 Military training 1 Terrorism 1 Temperature change 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Hyper-abundant 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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