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State of Conservation

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Date end:2023close
Region: Asia and the Pacificclose
Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia (2023)
States Parties: Micronesia (Federated States of)
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (2023)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Phoenix Islands Protected Area (2023)
States Parties: Kiribati
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park (2023)
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan
Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple (2023)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Pests Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Continued deterioration of the paintings; General deterioration of the Golden Temple
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty (2023)
States Parties: Republic of Korea
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Sagarmatha National Park (2023)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Air pollution Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Input of excess energy Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Mining Other climate change impacts Quarrying Solid waste Subsistence wild plant collection
Other Threats: Human-wildlife conflict
Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures (2023)
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Conservation of urban fabric
Shiretoko (2023)
States Parties: Japan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Aquaculture Hyper-abundant species Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts Water infrastructure
Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor (2023)
States Parties: China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Comparative fragility of many sites
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (2023)
States Parties: Japan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.3
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Other Threats:
Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of Ancient Ishanapura (2023)
States Parties: Cambodia
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Risk of collapse of some temples
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (2023)
States Parties: India Japan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Governance Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
The Sundarbans (2023)
States Parties: Bangladesh
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Changes to oceanic waters Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Non-renewable energy facilities Pollution of marine waters Storms Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Need for an assessment of cumulative impacts on the property via a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas (2023)
States Parties: China
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Commercial hunting Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Mining Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Apparent decline in wildlife populations
Town of Luang Prabang (2023)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Governance Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Trang An Landscape Complex (2023)
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Trans-Iranian Railway (2023)
States Parties: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (2023)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Governance Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Renewable energy facilities
Danger List:  Yes
Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape (2023)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
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Afghanistan Australia Bangladesh Cambodia China India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Japan Kazakhstan Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Thailand Uzbekistan Viet Nam
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 46 Housing 21 Ground transport infrastructure 17 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 17 Illegal activities 13 Water infrastructure 10 Management activities 9 Human resources 8 Commercial development 7 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 7 Land conversion 7 Mining 7 Financial resources 7 Legal framework 7 Other climate change impacts 6 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 5 Governance 4 Industrial areas 3 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3 Marine transport infrastructure 3 Underground transport infrastructure 3 Solid waste 3 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 3 Forestry /wood production 3 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Storms 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Non-renewable energy facilities 2 Air pollution 2 Water (extraction) 2 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Deliberate destruction of heritage 2 Earthquake 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Renewable energy facilities 1 Ground water pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Pollution of marine waters 1 Surface water pollution 1 Aquaculture 1 Commercial hunting 1 Crop production 1 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Quarrying 1 Pests 1 Water (rain/water table) 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Civil unrest 1 Military training 1 Flooding 1 Temperature change 1 Hyper-abundant species 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 1 High impact research / monitoring activities 1 Low impact research / monitoring activities 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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