Take advantage of the search to browse through the World Heritage Centre information.

i
ii
iii
iv
v
vi
vii
viii
ix
x

State of Conservation

70
Reports
70
Properties concerned
49
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 2021close
Date end:2021close
Threats* : Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreationclose
States Parties: China
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Bulgaria
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Natural decay and structural problems Major infrastructure and development projects Uncontrolled urban development
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: New buffer zone necessary
States Parties: India
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Lack of appropriate documentation to establish the authenticity of the property
States Parties: Mauritania
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: State of Palestine
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Degradation of the architectural complex of the Church of the Nativity
States Parties: Panama
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Dominican Republic
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7A
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Thailand
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Forest fragmentation / Need for ecological corridors
States Parties: Montenegro
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: • Necessity to save the Sonoran Pronghorn from possible extinction • Environmental concerns in security efforts along the international border
States Parties: Panama
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7A
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Lack of established boundaries and buffer zones
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Ecuador
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: India
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Rights issues with respect to local communities and indigenous peoples in the Tirthan and Sainj Wildlife Sanctuaries (issue resolved)
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: India
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Vulnerabilities of certain individual structures within the forts requiring short-term conservation actions
States Parties: Peru
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Argentina
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Structural integrity issues at the Church of the Transfiguration
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Morocco
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: India
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Decline in the overwintering population of Monarch butterflies in the property
States Parties: Zambia Zimbabwe
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Micronesia (Federated States of)
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7A
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Haiti
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Albania North Macedonia
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Montenegro
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Challenging situation of community livelihoods; Condition and conservation of the Laetoli hominid footprints
States Parties: Croatia
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Nigeria
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Fragility of spiritual, symbolic and ritual qualities of the Grove in the face of a growth in visitor numbers
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Degradation of the mural paintings and buildings
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Bulgaria
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Saint Lucia
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Croatia
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Colombia
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Argentina
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Continued deterioration of the paintings; General deterioration of the Golden Temple
States Parties: Saudi Arabia
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Deterioration of the architectural heritage fabric
States Parties: Uganda
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Human-wildlife conflict
States Parties: Sudan
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Need to establish a code of conduct including formal rules and regulations for all dive operators
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Significant decline of wildlife populations due to poaching ; Need for increased involvement of local communities
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Japan
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Comparative fragility of many sites
States Parties: Japan
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Natural disasters and lack of risk-preparedness
States Parties: Australia
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Biosecurity
States Parties: Cambodia
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Risk of collapse of some temples
States Parties: China
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Algeria
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Unsuitable restoration techniques, and poor conservation conditions for the archaeological remains
States Parties: Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Croatia Italy Montenegro
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Climate change and severe weather events / Climate Change impacts on the lagoon ecology and built fabric
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
States Parties: China
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation

* : 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.


top