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State of Conservation

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Date Start: 1999close
Date end:1999close
Region: Asia and the Pacificclose
Angkor (1999)
States Parties: Cambodia
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/4,WHC-99/CONF.209/13
Threats*: Human resources Illegal activities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Urgent problems of conservation
Danger List:  Yes
Churches and Convents of Goa (1999)
States Parties: India
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Complex of Hué Monuments (1999)
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan Storms
Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore (1999)
States Parties: Pakistan
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Water infrastructure
Great Barrier Reef (1999)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14,WHC.99/CONF.208/5,WHC.99/CONF.208/INF.5
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Mining
Group of Monuments at Hampi (1999)
States Parties: India
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago (1999)
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Marine transport infrastructure
Heard and McDonald Islands (1999)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14,WHC.99/CONF.208/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa (1999)
States Parties: China
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses
Kakadu National Park (1999)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.204/INF.9C,WHC-99/CONF.204/INF.9D,WHC-99/CONF.204/INF.9E,WHC-99/CONF.204/INF.9F,WHC-99/CONF.204/INF.9G,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Mining
Kathmandu Valley (1999)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.204/INF.19,WHC-99/CONF.209/14,WHC.99/CONF.208/INF.8A,WHC.99/CONF.208/INF.8B,WHC.99/CONF.208/INF.8C
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Housing Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need for restoration/consolidation works
Kaziranga National Park (1999)
States Parties: India
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Flooding Management systems/ management plan
Komodo National Park (1999)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha (1999)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Extremely harsh natural environment
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (1999)
States Parties: India
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/4,WHC-99/CONF.209/13
Threats*: Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion
Other Threats: Destruction of Park infrastructures
Danger List:  Yes
Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area (1999)
States Parties: China
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (1999)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian (1999)
States Parties: China
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Financial resources Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of maintenance ; Halt of site excavations
Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple (1999)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses
Other Threats: General deterioration of the Golden Temple
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (1999)
States Parties: Philippines
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
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Australia Bangladesh Cambodia China India Indonesia Lao People's Democratic Republic Nepal New Zealand Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Sri Lanka Thailand Viet Nam
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 23 Management activities 9 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 8 Ground transport infrastructure 7 Housing 5 Mining 3 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 3 Illegal activities 3 Legal framework 3 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 2 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Localised utilities 2 Land conversion 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Storms 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Interpretative and visitation facilities 1 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Major linear utilities 1 Water infrastructure 1 Ground water pollution 1 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 1 Forestry /wood production 1 Oil and gas 1 Quarrying 1 Relative humidity 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Civil unrest 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Terrorism 1 Flooding 1 Volcanic eruption 1 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 1 Financial resources 1 Human resources 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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