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State of Conservation

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Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (2014)
States Parties: Niger
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Erosion and siltation/ deposition Forestry /wood production Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (2014)
States Parties: Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Ground transport infrastructure Localised utilities Management systems/ management plan
Banc d'Arguin National Park (2014)
States Parties: Mauritania
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Ground transport infrastructure Housing Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Localised utilities Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Renewable energy facilities
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (2014)
States Parties: Belize
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7A
Threats*: Housing Invasive / alien marine species Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Oil and gas
Danger List:  Yes
Chitwan National Park (2014)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities
Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection (2014)
States Parties: Panama
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B
Threats*: Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Comoé National Park (2014)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Fire (widlfires) Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Dja Faunal Reserve (2014)
States Parties: Cameroon
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Commercial hunting Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Mining Water infrastructure
Doñana National Park (2014)
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B
Threats*: Crop production Major linear utilities Non-renewable energy facilities Oil and gas Pollution of marine waters Water (extraction) Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: State of the Guadalquivir River and dredging project
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex (2014)
States Parties: Thailand
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Forest fragmentation / Need for ecological corridors
East Rennell (2014)
States Parties: Solomon Islands
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7A
Threats*: Changes to oceanic waters Commercial hunting Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Forestry /wood production Invasive/alien terrestrial species Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Mining Storms
Danger List:  Yes
Everglades National Park (2014)
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7A
Threats*: Ground water pollution Housing Invasive / alien freshwater species Storms Surface water pollution Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Mercury contamination of fish and wildlife
Danger List:  Yes
Galápagos Islands (2014)
States Parties: Ecuador
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B
Threats*: Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Garamba National Park (2014)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Management activities War
Danger List:  Yes
Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast (2014)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Oil and gas
Great Barrier Reef (2014)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B
Threats*: Changes to oceanic waters Ground water pollution Marine transport infrastructure Non-renewable energy facilities Other climate change impacts Storms Surface water pollution Temperature change
Gros Morne National Park (2014)
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas
Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago (2014)
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Iguaçu National Park (2014)
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Governance Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive / alien freshwater species Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Iguazu National Park (2014)
States Parties: Argentina
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Governance Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Kahuzi-Biega National Park (2014)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Mining War
Other Threats: Villages in the ecological corridor between the highland and lowland sectors of the park
Danger List:  Yes
Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley (2014)
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Renewable energy facilities
Keoladeo National Park (2014)
States Parties: India
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B
Threats*: Invasive / alien freshwater species Invasive/alien terrestrial species Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
Lake Baikal (2014)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Mining Surface water pollution Water (extraction)
Lake Malawi National Park (2014)
States Parties: Malawi
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive / alien freshwater species Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas Surface water pollution
Lake Turkana National Parks (2014)
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas Water infrastructure
Lakes of Ounianga (2014)
States Parties: Chad
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Solid waste
Lorentz National Park (2014)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Nothofagus dieback
Los Katíos National Park (2014)
States Parties: Colombia
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas (2014)
States Parties: Zimbabwe
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B
Threats*: Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Mining
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (2014)
States Parties: India
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B
Threats*: Civil unrest Crop production Human resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Water infrastructure
Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (2014)
States Parties: Central African Republic
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining
Danger List:  Yes
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (2014)
States Parties: Zambia Zimbabwe
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B
Threats*: Air pollution Drought Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution Water (extraction)
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (2014)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire Guinea
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Mining
Danger List:  Yes
Niokolo-Koba National Park (2014)
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7A
Threats*: Drought Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining Translocated species Water infrastructure
Danger List:  Yes
Okapi Wildlife Reserve (2014)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Mining
Danger List:  Yes
Pirin National Park (2014)
States Parties: Bulgaria
Year: 2014
Threats*: Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Pitons Management Area (2014)
States Parties: Saint Lucia
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Renewable energy facilities
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park (2014)
States Parties: Philippines
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Rainforests of the Atsinanana (2014)
States Parties: Madagascar
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7A
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Illegal activities Land conversion Mining Subsistence hunting
Danger List:  Yes
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (2014)
States Parties: Honduras
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Danger List:  Yes
Rwenzori Mountains National Park (2014)
States Parties: Uganda
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Mining Other climate change impacts
Sagarmatha National Park (2014)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Air pollution Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Mining Other climate change impacts
Salonga National Park (2014)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas War
Danger List:  Yes
Sangha Trinational (2014)
States Parties: Central African Republic Congo Cameroon
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B
Threats*: Civil unrest Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Mining
Selous Game Reserve (2014)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Reduction of elephant population
Serengeti National Park (2014)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Drought Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
Simien National Park (2014)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7A
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals
Other Threats: Declining populations of Walia ibex, Ethiopian wolf and other large mammal species
Danger List:  Yes
Taï National Park (2014)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Mining
The Sundarbans (2014)
States Parties: Bangladesh
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities Non-renewable energy facilities Storms
Other Threats: Dredging of the Pashur River
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (2014)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7A
Threats*: Governance Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Mining Renewable energy facilities
Danger List:  Yes
Virgin Komi Forests (2014)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Mining
Virunga National Park (2014)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Oil and gas War
Danger List:  Yes
Western Caucasus (2014)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2014
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
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Albania Argentina Australia Austria Bangladesh Belgium Belize Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Colombia Congo Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Ecuador Ethiopia France Germany Guinea Honduras India Indonesia Italy Kenya Madagascar Malawi Mauritania Nepal Niger North Macedonia Panama Philippines Poland Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Spain Switzerland Thailand Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Viet Nam Zambia Zimbabwe
Threats
Illegal activities 34 Management systems/ management plan 30 Mining 18 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 18 Ground transport infrastructure 13 Land conversion 13 Water infrastructure 12 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 10 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 10 Oil and gas 10 Civil unrest 10 Housing 8 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 8 Financial resources 8 Human resources 6 Surface water pollution 5 Water (extraction) 5 Legal framework 5 Major linear utilities 4 Renewable energy facilities 4 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4 War 4 Storms 4 Invasive / alien freshwater species 4 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Forestry /wood production 3 Drought 3 Other climate change impacts 3 Governance 3 Management activities 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Marine transport infrastructure 2 Localised utilities 2 Air pollution 2 Ground water pollution 2 Commercial hunting 2 Crop production 2 Changes to oceanic waters 2 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Air transport infrastructure 1 Pollution of marine waters 1 Solid waste 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Water (rain/water table) 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Temperature change 1 Invasive / alien marine 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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