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State of Conservation

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Abu Mena (2015)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (2015)
States Parties: Niger
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
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
Aksum (2015)
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
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (2015)
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
Ancient City of Aleppo (2015)
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
Ancient City of Bosra (2015)
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
Ancient City of Damascus (2015)
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
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (2015)
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)
Ancient Villages of Northern Syria (2015)
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
Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata (2015)
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
Archaeological Site of Cyrene (2015)
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
Area de Conservación Guanacaste (2015)
States Parties: Costa Rica
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Renewable energy facilities
Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) (2015)
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
Bam and its Cultural Landscape (2015)
States Parties: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (2015)
States Parties: Belize
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Housing Invasive / alien marine species Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Oil and gas
Danger List:  Yes
Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem (2015)
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
Brasilia (2015)
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue (2015)
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
Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks (2015)
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Chan Chan Archaeological Zone (2015)
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
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Afghanistan Albania Algeria Australia Austria Bahrain Bangladesh Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominica Egypt Ethiopia Fiji France Gabon Georgia Germany Guinea Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Kiribati Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Lesotho Libya Madagascar Mali Mauritius Mexico Morocco Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Romania Russian Federation Senegal Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain State of Palestine Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Türkiye Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Yemen
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 95 Housing 50 Illegal activities 38 Ground transport infrastructure 30 Land conversion 29 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 25 Management activities 25 Legal framework 21 Mining 20 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 16 Civil unrest 16 Water infrastructure 15 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 15 War 15 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 14 Human resources 13 Deliberate destruction of heritage 10 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 10 Financial resources 9 Interpretative and visitation facilities 8 Surface water pollution 8 Water (rain/water table) 8 Governance 8 Solid waste 7 Oil and gas 7 Flooding 7 Commercial development 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 6 Marine transport infrastructure 6 Major linear utilities 6 Renewable energy facilities 6 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 6 Crop production 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Fire (widlfires) 5 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 4 Storms 4 Underground transport infrastructure 3 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Ground water pollution 3 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Commercial hunting 2 Subsistence hunting 2 Quarrying 2 Water (extraction) 2 Changes to oceanic waters 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Invasive / alien marine species 2 High impact research / monitoring activities 2 Industrial areas 1 Localised utilities 1 Air pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Pollution of marine waters 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Micro-organisms 1 Relative humidity 1 Wind 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Drought 1 Temperature change 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Earthquake 1 Invasive / alien freshwater 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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