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State of Conservation

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Properties concerned
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States Parties with SOC reports
Property Category:Culturalclose
Date Start: 2015close
Date end:2015close
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.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: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Housing Illegal activities War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Deliberate destruction of heritage Flooding Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Quarrying War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: Series of structural collapses at the property
States Parties: Libya
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Crop production Deliberate destruction of heritage Governance Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Flooding Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Fragile mud brick structures
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
States Parties: State of Palestine
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Degradation of the architectural complex of the Church of the Nativity
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Hungary
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of conservation of residential housing in the area inscribed as World Heritage
States Parties: Peru
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Continuous deterioration of earthen architecture structures and decorated surfaces from lack of conservation and maintenance practices
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Chile
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Management activities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Mining Surface water pollution
Other Threats: Instability and risk of collapse of the Cerro Rico; Deficiencies in conservation: special attention required for the restoration and upgrading of structures with residential use and the archaeological industrial heritage
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Commercial development Mining
States Parties: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Flooding Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Serious deterioration of materials and structure; Deterioration of the architectural and urban coherence and integrity of the property
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan Quarrying War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Afghanistan
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Civil unrest Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities
Other Threats: Risk of imminent collapse of the Giant Buddha niches; Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintings
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Governance Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: China
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Panama
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Fragile state of the property and accelerated degradation by environmental factors and the lack of maintenance
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: South Africa
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground water pollution Mining Surface water pollution
Other Threats: Acid mine drainage
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Other Threats: General need for interior and exterior conservation work on the monuments
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: India
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Housing
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage War
States Parties: India
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Human resources Industrial areas Mining
Other Threats: vulnerabilities of certain individual structures within the forts requiring short-term conservation actions
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2015
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Continued degradation of the vernacular architecture within the protected zones (particularly Ottoman-period timber houses in the Zeyrek and Süleymaniye core areas); Land Reclamation project
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Dilapidated infrastructure; Neglect and lack of maintenance
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
States Parties: Peru
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Management activities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Austria
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
States Parties: Austria
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
States Parties: Albania
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Illegal activities Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of adequate fire fighting arrangements in the historic urban zone
States Parties: Thailand
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Flooding Management activities
Other Threats: Deterioration due to time
States Parties: Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Chile
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Commercial development Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Fire
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Human resources Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Pakistan
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts
Other Threats: Stability of the foundations (earth mechanics) of the Jam Nizamuddin tomb
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Chile
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Wind
Other Threats: Extremely fragile nature of the industrial buildings that were constructed using local materials such as timber for frames, corrugated iron sheets for roofs and some walls, in addition to stucco and lightweight construction; Lack of maintenance over the past 40 years; Corrosion of metal cladding and dismantlement of some of the structural elements. A few buildings such as the Leaching House are liable to structural collapse if no support is given; Very little conservation work carried out
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Algeria
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Erosion and siltation/ deposition Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Earthquake Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Morocco
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Erosion and siltation/ deposition Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Ukraine
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Ukraine
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure Solid waste
Other Threats: Deterioration of dwellings
States Parties: Mauritius
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Fiji
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Human resources Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Commercial development Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Honduras
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure High impact research / monitoring activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of construction materials due to natural decay phenomena
States Parties: Serbia
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Civil unrest Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Unsatisfactory state of conservation and maintenance of the property
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Housing Underground transport infrastructure
States Parties: Afghanistan
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Civil unrest Erosion and siltation/ deposition Flooding Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Inclination of the Minaret
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan)
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Governance High impact research / monitoring activities Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Natural risk factors; Deterioration of monuments
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Civil unrest Housing Land conversion Management activities
Other Threats: Functional decay of the residential neighborhoods
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Solid waste War
Other Threats: Deterioration of dwellings
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Civil unrest Flooding
Other Threats: Poor maintenance
States Parties: Nigeria
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Surface water pollution
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: State of Palestine
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Invasive/alien terrestrial species
Other Threats: potential construction of a separation fence (wall)
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Housing Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: France
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Micro-organisms
States Parties: Bahrain
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
States Parties: Libya
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Human resources
States Parties: Benin
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Crop production Subsistence hunting Subsistence wild plant collection
Other Threats: Fire at the site
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Conservation of urban fabric
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Housing Illegal activities Localised utilities Major linear utilities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity War
Other Threats: serious weathering of many stone blocks
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Environmental pressures in relation with the Malindi port project; Natural disasters and lack of risk-preparedness
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Algeria
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Human resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Marine transport infrastructure
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Uganda
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Insufficient maintenance
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Unstable structures and lack of security
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Input of excess energy Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Renewable energy facilities
States Parties: Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
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* : 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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