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Date end:2001close
Abu Mena (2001)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Land conversion Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Risk of collapse
Acropolis, Athens (2001)
States Parties: Greece
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Housing
Ajanta Caves (2001)
States Parties: India
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Fragile mural paintings
Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata (2001)
States Parties: Mauritania
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Desertification Financial resources Housing Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Ancient City of Sigiriya (2001)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (2001)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community
Angkor (2001)
States Parties: Cambodia
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/09,WHC-01/CONF.208/9
Threats*: Human resources Illegal activities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Urgent problems of conservation
Danger List:  Yes
Antigua Guatemala (2001)
States Parties: Guatemala
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Commercial development Earthquake
Auschwitz Birkenau
German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) (2001)
States Parties: Poland
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.207/INF.6,WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Bahla Fort (2001)
States Parties: Oman
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/09,WHC-01/CONF.208/9,WHC-2001/CONF.205/4
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Degradation of the structures
Danger List:  Yes
Brasilia (2001)
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Legal framework
Butrint (2001)
States Parties: Albania
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/09,WHC-01/CONF.208/9,WHC-2001/CONF.205/4
Threats*: Financial resources Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need for monitoring of the situation at the site
Danger List:  Yes
Byblos (2001)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Chan Chan Archaeological Zone (2001)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/09,WHC-01/CONF.208/9
Threats*: Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Fragility of the abdobe structures
Danger List:  Yes
Chavin (Archaeological Site) (2001)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts
Other Threats: Deterioration of the site
City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications (2001)
States Parties: Luxembourg
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: High impact research / monitoring activities Housing
Classical Weimar (2001)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure
Colonial City of Santo Domingo (2001)
States Parties: Dominican Republic
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: High impact research / monitoring activities Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Cultural Landscape of Sintra (2001)
States Parties: Portugal
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Curonian Spit (2001)
States Parties: Lithuania Russian Federation
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Oil and gas
Ellora Caves (2001)
States Parties: India
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Fragile mural paintings
Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore (2001)
States Parties: Pakistan
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/09,WHC-01/CONF.208/9,WHC-2001/CONF.205/4
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Water infrastructure
Danger List:  Yes
Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo (2001)
States Parties: Panama
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Group of Monuments at Hampi (2001)
States Parties: India
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/09,WHC-01/CONF.208/9,WHC-2001/CONF.205/4
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Hanseatic City of Lübeck (2001)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Commercial development
Hatra (2001)
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Human resources Illegal activities Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: particularly worrying state of conservation
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) (2001)
States Parties: Japan
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Earthquake
Historic Cairo (2001)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Human resources Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Historic Centre of Naples (2001)
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage
Historic Centre of Sighişoara (2001)
States Parties: Romania
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Historic District of Old Québec (2001)
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa (2001)
States Parties: China
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses Water (rain/water table)
Historic Town of Zabid (2001)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/09,WHC-01/CONF.208/9,WHC-2001/CONF.205/4
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management activities Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity Solid waste
Other Threats: Lack of conservation measures
Danger List:  Yes
Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa (2001)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Earthquake
Historical Monuments of Mtskheta (2001)
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Housing Management activities
Itsukushima Shinto Shrine (2001)
States Parties: Japan
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Earthquake
Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site (2001)
States Parties: El Salvador
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Earthquake
Kasbah of Algiers (2001)
States Parties: Algeria
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Human resources Management systems/ management plan
Kathmandu Valley (2001)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Housing Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need for restoration/consolidation works
Kizhi Pogost (2001)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Other Threats: Deterioration of the structures
Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou (2001)
States Parties: Morocco
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage
Other Threats: This site has progressively become degraded
Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments (2001)
States Parties: Slovakia
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Quarrying
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha (2001)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Extremely harsh natural environment; Improve the drainage for the Temple
M'Zab Valley (2001)
States Parties: Algeria
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community
Other Threats: Degradation of the overall natural environment
Megalithic Temples of Malta (2001)
States Parties: Malta
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage
Other Threats: Instability of structures
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (2001)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of the stones
Old City of Sana'a (2001)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (2001)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (2001)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Impact of the Havel waterway improvement project on the cultural landscape
Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian (2001)
States Parties: China
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Mining Quarrying
Other Threats: Lack of maintenance ; Industrial pollution
Petra (2001)
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: Conservation of antiquities
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (2001)
States Parties: Philippines
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.207/INF.5,WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier (2001)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Human resources Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain (2001)
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Water infrastructure
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (2001)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Risks of collapse
Tipasa (2001)
States Parties: Algeria
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Tyre (2001)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Marine transport infrastructure
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Albania Algeria Brazil Cambodia Canada China Dominican Republic Egypt El Salvador Georgia Germany Greece Guatemala India Iraq Italy Japan Jordan Lebanon Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Mauritania Morocco Nepal Oman Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Slovakia Spain Sri Lanka United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Yemen
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 30 Housing 16 Management activities 13 Ground transport infrastructure 8 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 8 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 7 Human resources 7 Water (rain/water table) 5 Earthquake 5 Interpretative and visitation facilities 4 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 4 Land conversion 4 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Financial resources 4 Commercial development 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 3 Legal framework 3 Marine transport infrastructure 2 Water infrastructure 2 Solid waste 2 Quarrying 2 Relative humidity 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Illegal activities 2 High impact research / monitoring activities 2 Air transport infrastructure 1 Mining 1 Oil and gas 1 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Desertification 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 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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