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Reports
492
Properties concerned
143
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 2003close
States Parties: Mauritania
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Desertification Governance Human resources Management activities Management systems/ management plan Storms
States Parties: Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
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: Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine
Year: 2019
Document Source: WHC/19/43.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Management systems/ management plan
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
States Parties: Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Illegal activities Localised utilities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Subsistence hunting
States Parties: China
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of clarity regarding components and buffer zone of the property
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: China
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: China
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: China
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: China
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B
Threats*: Management activities
States Parties: China
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: China
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Fire
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Earthquake Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.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.Add
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
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Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Libya Lithuania Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) New Zealand Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Togo Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 2160 Housing 1117 Illegal activities 801 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 632 Ground transport infrastructure 588 Legal framework 485 Land conversion 458 Management activities 448 Mining 355 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 344 Financial resources 343 Human resources 342 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 308 Water infrastructure 284 Civil unrest 266 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 255 War 245 Deliberate destruction of heritage 233 Water (rain/water table) 204 Interpretative and visitation facilities 191 Governance 185 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 167 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 160 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 152 Commercial development 144 Oil and gas 140 Solid waste 138 Surface water pollution 129 Marine transport infrastructure 123 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 111 Flooding 107 Forestry /wood production 102 Major linear utilities 91 Crop production 90 Earthquake 80 Fire (widlfires) 80 Underground transport infrastructure 76 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 72 Storms 68 Other climate change impacts 67 Renewable energy facilities 61 Water (extraction) 57 Society's valuing of heritage 56 Invasive / alien freshwater species 53 Air transport infrastructure 52 Commercial hunting 50 High impact research / monitoring activities 50 Air pollution 43 Relative humidity 41 Wind 41 Industrial areas 38 Ground water pollution 37 Quarrying 36 Localised utilities 35 Drought 33 Non-renewable energy facilities 31 Subsistence hunting 30 Input of excess energy 27 Changes to oceanic waters 25 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 23 Avalanche/ landslide 23 Invasive / alien marine species 22 Desertification 20 Pollution of marine waters 19 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 19 Temperature change 18 Translocated species 17 Micro-organisms 10 Military training 8 Temperature 6 Hyper-abundant species 5 Aquaculture 4 Subsistence wild plant collection 4 Pests 4 Low impact research / monitoring activities 4 Tsunami/tidal wave 3 Terrorism 2 Volcanic eruption 2

* : 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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