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State of Conservation

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Reports
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Properties concerned
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States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 2017close
Date end:2017close
Region: Europe and North Americaclose
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: Bulgaria
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.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: Belarus Poland
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Forestry /wood production Human resources Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Alterations of the hydrological regime; Border fence impeding mammal movements
States Parties: Hungary
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add
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: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Management systems/ management plan Mining
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of monitoring; Poor state of conservation of the monastic irrigation system
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B
Threats*: Civil unrest
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev
Threats*: Crop production Major linear utilities Mining Non-renewable energy facilities Oil and gas Pollution of marine waters Water (extraction) Water (rain/water table) Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Guadalquivir River dredging project
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7A,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev
Threats*: Housing Invasive / alien freshwater species Storms Surface water pollution Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Mercury contamination of fish and wildlife
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7A,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev
Threats*: Interpretative and visitation facilities Management activities
Other Threats: General need for interior and exterior conservation work on the monuments
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Major linear utilities
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add
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: Austria
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
States Parties: Austria
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev
Threats*: Housing Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
States Parties: Albania
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Illegal activities Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of adequate fire fighting arrangements in the historic urban zone
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Ukraine
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Mining Surface water pollution Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7A,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev
Threats*: Commercial development Governance High impact research / monitoring activities Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Serbia
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7A
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: Albania North Macedonia
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B
Threats*: Marine transport infrastructure Oil and gas
Other Threats: Increased human presence
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add2
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Croatia
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Underground transport infrastructure
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.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: Italy
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Erosion and siltation/ deposition Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure Water infrastructure
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Other climate change impacts Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Lack of engagement with First Nations and Metis in monitoring activities and insufficient consideration of traditional ecological knowledge
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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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