State of Conservation
168
Reports
168
Properties concerned
84
States Parties with SOC reports
Property Category:Culturalclose
Date Start:
2023close
Date end:2023close
| States Parties: |
 Russian Federation
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| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Air transport infrastructure Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Poor state of conservation of the monastic irrigation system |
| States Parties: |
 Afghanistan
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| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
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| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.3 |
| Threats*: | Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Housing |
| Other Threats: | Risk of collapse of the Giant Buddha niches; Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintings |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Indonesia
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| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Governance Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage |
| States Parties: |
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
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| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| States Parties: |
 Türkiye
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| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2 |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
 Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2 |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 Austria Hungary
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| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
 Pakistan
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| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Financial resources Ground transport infrastructure Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
 Panama
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| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Lack of established boundaries and buffer zones |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Ghana
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Changes to oceanic waters Commercial development Financial resources Ground transport infrastructure Ground water pollution Illegal activities Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Solid waste Water (rain/water table) Wind |
| Other Threats: | Salt-laden atmosphere |
| States Parties: |
 South Africa
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Ground water pollution Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Mining Other climate change impacts Surface water pollution Water (rain/water table) |
| Other Threats: | Acid mine drainage |
| States Parties: |
 Sudan
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| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Desertification Flooding Ground transport infrastructure Housing Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Wind |
| States Parties: |
 Georgia
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| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2 |
| Threats*: | Interpretative and visitation facilities Water (rain/water table) |
| Other Threats: | General need for interior and exterior conservation work on the monuments |
| States Parties: |
Türkiye
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management systems/ management plan Quarrying |
| States Parties: |
 India
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Commercial development Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Housing Water (extraction) |
| States Parties: |
 Japan
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Other Threats: | Fire |
| States Parties: |
 Iraq
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| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2 |
| Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities War |
| Other Threats: | Major looting of Iraqi archaeological sites |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 State of Palestine
|
| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.4 |
| Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Absence of Statement of Outstanding Universal Value at the time of inscription |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
India
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Housing Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Industrial areas Management activities Management systems/ management plan Mining |
| Other Threats: | Vulnerabilities of certain individual structures within the forts requiring short-term conservation actions |
| States Parties: |
 Saudi Arabia
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities |
States Parties
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Argentina Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia France Georgia Germany Ghana Haiti Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Italy Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Libya Mali Malta Mauritius Micronesia (Federated States of) Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Nigeria Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Suriname Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Togo Tunisia Türkiye Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) YemenThreats
Management systems/ management plan 131 Housing 85 Ground transport infrastructure 34 Legal framework 34 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 32 Management activities 30 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 22 Land conversion 20 Interpretative and visitation facilities 18 War 18 Commercial development 17 Illegal activities 17 Human resources 17 Water (rain/water table) 16 Financial resources 15 Deliberate destruction of heritage 14 Governance 14 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 11 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 11 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 11 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 9 Marine transport infrastructure 8 Underground transport infrastructure 8 Civil unrest 8 Water infrastructure 7 Solid waste 7 Flooding 7 Mining 5 Quarrying 5 Society's valuing of heritage 5 Earthquake 5 Industrial areas 4 Air transport infrastructure 4 Surface water pollution 4 Other climate change impacts 4 Relative humidity 3 Desertification 3 High impact research / monitoring activities 3 Major linear utilities 2 Non-renewable energy facilities 2 Ground water pollution 2 Crop production 2 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 2 Wind 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 2 Localised utilities 1 Renewable energy facilities 1 Air pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Forestry /wood production 1 Water (extraction) 1 Pests 1 Military training 1 Changes to oceanic waters 1 Storms 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.
