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State of Conservation

878
Reports
125
Properties concerned
86
States Parties with SOC reports
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Property Category:Naturalclose
Date Start: 2006close
Statistics by properties (by regions and categories)
Year Property SOC Regions Categories
EUR-NA APA LAC ARB AFR Cultural Natural Mixed
2006
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 45
33%
6% 		45 12
9%
1% 		8
6%
1% 		4
3%
0% 		3
2%
0% 		18
13%
2% 		0
0%
0% 		45
33%
6% 		0
0%
0%
2007
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 54
33%
7% 		54 12
7%
1% 		11
7%
1% 		9
5%
1% 		3
2%
0% 		19
12%
2% 		0
0%
0% 		54
33%
7% 		0
0%
0%
2008
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 53
34%
6% 		53 13
8%
2% 		11
7%
1% 		11
7%
1% 		3
2%
0% 		15
9%
2% 		0
0%
0% 		53
34%
6% 		0
0%
0%
2009
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 52
29%
6% 		52 12
7%
1% 		10
6%
1% 		8
4%
1% 		1
1%
0% 		21
12%
2% 		0
0%
0% 		52
29%
6% 		0
0%
0%
2010
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 51
34%
6% 		51 11
7%
1% 		10
7%
1% 		11
7%
1% 		2
1%
0% 		17
11%
2% 		0
0%
0% 		51
34%
6% 		0
0%
0%
2011
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 51
30%
6% 		51 8
5%
1% 		13
8%
1% 		10
6%
1% 		0
0%
0% 		20
12%
2% 		0
0%
0% 		51
30%
6% 		0
0%
0%
2012
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 52
35%
6% 		52 12
8%
1% 		11
7%
1% 		10
7%
1% 		0
0%
0% 		19
13%
2% 		0
0%
0% 		52
35%
6% 		0
0%
0%
2013
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 50
30%
5% 		50 14
8%
1% 		8
5%
1% 		7
4%
1% 		2
1%
0% 		19
11%
2% 		0
0%
0% 		50
30%
5% 		0
0%
0%
2014
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 54
36%
6% 		54 9
6%
1% 		12
8%
1% 		8
5%
1% 		1
1%
0% 		24
16%
2% 		0
0%
0% 		54
36%
6% 		0
0%
0%
2015
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 50
35%
5% 		50 10
7%
1% 		13
9%
1% 		8
6%
1% 		1
1%
0% 		18
13%
2% 		0
0%
0% 		50
35%
5% 		0
0%
0%
2016
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 54
35%
5% 		54 14
9%
1% 		7
4%
1% 		11
7%
1% 		2
1%
0% 		20
13%
2% 		0
0%
0% 		54
35%
5% 		0
0%
0%
2017
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 51
33%
5% 		51 10
6%
1% 		12
8%
1% 		10
6%
1% 		1
1%
0% 		18
12%
2% 		0
0%
0% 		51
33%
5% 		0
0%
0%
2018
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 49
31%
5% 		49 13
8%
1% 		5
3%
0% 		8
5%
1% 		3
2%
0% 		20
13%
2% 		0
0%
0% 		49
31%
5% 		0
0%
0%
2019
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 50
30%
5% 		50 9
5%
1% 		13
8%
1% 		9
5%
1% 		1
1%
0% 		18
11%
2% 		0
0%
0% 		50
30%
5% 		0
0%
0%
2021
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 84
33% 		84 17
7% 		22
9% 		15
6% 		3
1% 		28
11% 		0
0% 		84
33% 		0
0%
2023
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 78
30% 		78 18
7% 		21
8% 		12
5% 		3
1% 		25
10% 		0
0% 		78
30% 		0
0%
Threats*
Threats Group of Threats SOC reports Properties
Commercial development Buildings and Development 4 2
Housing Buildings and Development 84 17
Industrial areas Buildings and Development 7 1
Interpretative and visitation facilities Buildings and Development 1 1
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Buildings and Development 135 24
Air transport infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 12 4
Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 21 7
Ground transport infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 201 30
Marine transport infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 27 4
Underground transport infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 0 0
Localised utilities Services Infrastructures 10 3
Major linear utilities Services Infrastructures 59 9
Non-renewable energy facilities Services Infrastructures 24 4
Renewable energy facilities Services Infrastructures 40 8
Water infrastructure Services Infrastructures 206 29
Air pollution Pollution 28 7
Ground water pollution Pollution 22 5
Input of excess energy Pollution 10 3
Pollution of marine waters Pollution 12 4
Solid waste Pollution 22 7
Surface water pollution Pollution 69 11
Aquaculture Biological resource use/modification 4 1
Commercial hunting Biological resource use/modification 44 8
Commercial wild plant collection Biological resource use/modification 0 0
Crop production Biological resource use/modification 41 10
Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Biological resource use/modification 87 19
Forestry /wood production Biological resource use/modification 70 12
Land conversion Biological resource use/modification 217 27
Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Biological resource use/modification 195 25
Subsistence hunting Biological resource use/modification 23 5
Subsistence wild plant collection Biological resource use/modification 3 1
Mining Physical resource extraction 269 38
Oil and gas Physical resource extraction 114 21
Quarrying Physical resource extraction 7 2
Water (extraction) Physical resource extraction 48 8
Dust Local conditions affecting physical fabric 0 0
Micro-organisms Local conditions affecting physical fabric 0 0
Pests Local conditions affecting physical fabric 0 0
Radiation/light Local conditions affecting physical fabric 0 0
Relative humidity Local conditions affecting physical fabric 0 0
Temperature Local conditions affecting physical fabric 0 0
Water (rain/water table) Local conditions affecting physical fabric 14 3
Wind Local conditions affecting physical fabric 0 0
Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Social/cultural uses of heritage 0 0
Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Social/cultural uses of heritage 129 21
Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Social/cultural uses of heritage 214 43
Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Social/cultural uses of heritage 21 4
Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses Social/cultural uses of heritage 0 0
Society's valuing of heritage Social/cultural uses of heritage 6 1
Civil unrest Other human activities 149 13
Deliberate destruction of heritage Other human activities 4 1
Illegal activities Other human activities 479 60
Military training Other human activities 4 1
Terrorism Other human activities 2 1
War Other human activities 70 7
Changes to oceanic waters Climate change and severe weather events 20 3
Desertification Climate change and severe weather events 0 0
Drought Climate change and severe weather events 31 4
Flooding Climate change and severe weather events 0 0
Other climate change impacts Climate change and severe weather events 41 11
Storms Climate change and severe weather events 43 5
Temperature change Climate change and severe weather events 15 4
Avalanche/ landslide Sudden ecological or geological events 0 0
Earthquake Sudden ecological or geological events 1 1
Erosion and siltation/ deposition Sudden ecological or geological events 19 3
Fire (widlfires) Sudden ecological or geological events 62 13
Tsunami/tidal wave Sudden ecological or geological events 0 0
Volcanic eruption Sudden ecological or geological events 0 0
Hyper-abundant species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 4 1
Invasive / alien freshwater species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 41 7
Invasive / alien marine species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 20 3
Invasive/alien terrestrial species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 115 23
Modified genetic material Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 0 0
Translocated species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 17 2
Financial resources Management and institutional factors 130 26
Governance Management and institutional factors 74 14
High impact research / monitoring activities Management and institutional factors 1 1
Human resources Management and institutional factors 105 25
Legal framework Management and institutional factors 91 15
Low impact research / monitoring activities Management and institutional factors 0 0
Management activities Management and institutional factors 24 5
Management systems/ management plan Management and institutional factors 483 83
Threats by year (SOC reports)*
Threats* Year
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Buildings and Development
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Commercial development 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1
Housing 5 8 8 4 9 4 4 6 8 4 4 4 3 3 5 5
Industrial areas 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Interpretative and visitation facilities 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 4 7 8 10 10 10 8 8 10 4 9 8 8 6 13 12
Transportation Infrastructure
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Air transport infrastructure 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2
Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 2 3 3 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1
Ground transport infrastructure 9 11 12 9 9 12 13 12 13 13 15 13 10 13 19 18
Marine transport infrastructure 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3
Underground transport infrastructure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Services Infrastructures
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Localised utilities 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1
Major linear utilities 2 3 3 3 1 3 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 7 7
Non-renewable energy facilities 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 3 0 3 0 2 3 4
Renewable energy facilities 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 4 4 4 3 4 2 6 6
Water infrastructure 8 11 11 8 12 9 12 10 12 13 14 14 12 16 23 21
Pollution
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Air pollution 3 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 2 2 5 3
Ground water pollution 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 2
Input of excess energy 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Pollution of marine waters 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1
Solid waste 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 4 5
Surface water pollution 4 3 6 3 5 4 5 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 7 5
Biological resource use/modification
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Aquaculture 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
Commercial hunting 1 1 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 6 5 5
Commercial wild plant collection 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crop production 7 6 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 0 4 1 2 3 3
Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4 4 5 4 3 3 2 6 4 3 7 6 7 7 10 12
Forestry /wood production 4 3 3 6 2 0 2 3 3 4 4 7 4 7 9 9
Land conversion 9 8 13 14 14 15 13 13 13 16 14 16 10 15 18 16
Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 9 11 11 12 10 11 13 14 10 12 14 12 11 13 17 15
Subsistence hunting 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 3
Subsistence wild plant collection 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Physical resource extraction
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Mining 13 11 12 14 17 14 16 14 18 15 18 16 17 17 29 28
Oil and gas 3 3 5 5 4 6 6 10 10 7 10 7 9 8 10 11
Quarrying 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Water (extraction) 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 5 2 3 4 3 3 6 5
Local conditions affecting physical fabric
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Dust 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Micro-organisms 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pests 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Radiation/light 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Relative humidity 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temperature 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Water (rain/water table) 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
Wind 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Social/cultural uses of heritage
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 8 10 6 7 9 10 7 7 8 8 8 6 8 6 10 11
Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 9 13 10 9 9 6 13 11 18 8 16 12 15 12 28 25
Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1
Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Society's valuing of heritage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Other human activities
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Civil unrest 10 10 10 9 10 10 9 10 10 11 8 10 7 9 8 8
Deliberate destruction of heritage 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Illegal activities 25 29 27 29 26 29 29 27 34 27 30 31 27 29 41 39
Military training 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
Terrorism 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
War 5 7 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Climate change and severe weather events
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Changes to oceanic waters 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 3 3
Desertification 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Drought 2 2 1 0 2 2 3 1 3 1 2 2 2 2 3 3
Flooding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other climate change impacts 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 1 3 1 2 3 4 3 9 8
Storms 1 0 2 1 1 3 2 3 4 4 2 4 2 4 5 5
Temperature change 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
Sudden ecological or geological events
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Avalanche/ landslide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earthquake 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Fire (widlfires) 3 3 2 3 4 4 2 6 2 4 3 3 5 3 8 7
Tsunami/tidal wave 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Volcanic eruption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Hyper-abundant species 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
Invasive / alien freshwater species 3 2 2 2 1 2 3 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 5 5
Invasive / alien marine species 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
Invasive/alien terrestrial species 6 5 6 5 6 3 7 5 4 4 9 9 8 9 15 14
Modified genetic material 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Translocated species 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Management and institutional factors
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Financial resources 9 11 9 9 7 9 8 4 8 6 5 6 6 7 13 13
Governance 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 7 5 10 6 13 10
High impact research / monitoring activities 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Human resources 8 8 5 8 3 4 5 4 6 3 5 7 6 8 13 12
Legal framework 0 2 3 3 2 5 3 8 5 7 9 7 8 8 11 10
Low impact research / monitoring activities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Management activities 2 1 2 2 1 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Management systems/ management plan 21 25 26 22 24 22 25 30 30 26 31 29 30 32 57 53
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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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