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State of Conservation

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Date Start: 1999close
Date end:1999close
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (1999)
States Parties: Honduras
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/4,WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/13
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Storms Water infrastructure
Danger List:  Yes
Rock Carvings in Tanum (1999)
States Parties: Sweden
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure
Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier (1999)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Rwenzori Mountains National Park (1999)
States Parties: Uganda
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Civil unrest Financial resources Human resources Management systems/ management plan
Sacred City of Kandy (1999)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Terrorism
Sagarmatha National Park (1999)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Growing energy demands of the tourist industry
Salonga National Park (1999)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14,WHC.99/CONF.208/5
Threats*: Housing Illegal activities Land conversion Management systems/ management plan
Sangay National Park (1999)
States Parties: Ecuador
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/4,WHC-99/CONF.204/INF.17,WHC-99/CONF.209/13
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple (1999)
States Parties: Republic of Korea
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Localised utilities
Serengeti National Park (1999)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Shark Bay, Western Australia (1999)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14,WHC.99/CONF.208/5
Threats*: Mining Oil and gas
Simien National Park (1999)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/4,WHC-99/CONF.209/13
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion
Other Threats: Loss of biodiversity
Danger List:  Yes
Site of Palmyra (1999)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Air pollution Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Localised utilities Major linear utilities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Temperature Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: serious weathering of many stone blocks
Srebarna Nature Reserve (1999)
States Parties: Bulgaria
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/13
Threats*: Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Surface water pollution Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Loss of biodiversity
Danger List:  Yes
St Kilda (1999)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas
Sun Temple, Konârak (1999)
States Parties: India
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Storms
Other Threats: Gradual deterioration and the structural instability
Sundarbans National Park (1999)
States Parties: India
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Tasmanian Wilderness (1999)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Ground water pollution
Taxila (1999)
States Parties: Pakistan
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Localised utilities Management systems/ management plan Quarrying
Other Threats: Lack of vegetation control
Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand (1999)
States Parties: New Zealand
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Invasive/alien terrestrial species
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Albania Argentina Australia Bangladesh Belarus Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic China Colombia Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Ethiopia France Georgia Germany Ghana Guatemala Guinea Honduras India Indonesia Italy Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Mexico Mozambique Nepal New Zealand Niger Oman Pakistan Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Russian Federation Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Tunisia Türkiye Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 68 Ground transport infrastructure 22 Housing 21 Illegal activities 20 Management activities 18 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 17 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 12 Financial resources 12 Storms 11 Land conversion 9 Mining 9 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 7 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 6 Civil unrest 6 Legal framework 6 Water infrastructure 5 Surface water pollution 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 5 Human resources 5 Localised utilities 4 Major linear utilities 4 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4 Oil and gas 4 Water (rain/water table) 4 Earthquake 4 Marine transport infrastructure 3 Deliberate destruction of heritage 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 3 Industrial areas 2 Air pollution 2 Relative humidity 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 War 2 Volcanic eruption 2 High impact research / monitoring activities 2 Commercial development 1 Interpretative and visitation facilities 1 Renewable energy facilities 1 Ground water pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Solid waste 1 Commercial hunting 1 Crop production 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Quarrying 1 Water (extraction) 1 Temperature 1 Wind 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Terrorism 1 Flooding 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 1 Invasive / alien marine 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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