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State of Conservation

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Properties concerned
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States Parties with SOC reports
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Date Start: 2023close
Date end:2023close
Region: Europe and North Americaclose
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (2023)
States Parties: Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Białowieża Forest (2023)
States Parties: Belarus Poland
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Financial resources Forestry /wood production Human resources Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Alterations of the hydrological regime; Border fence impeding mammal movements
Central Sikhote-Alin (2023)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats:
Doñana National Park (2023)
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Major linear utilities Mining Non-renewable energy facilities Oil and gas Water (extraction) Water (rain/water table) Water infrastructure
Durmitor National Park (2023)
States Parties: Montenegro
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Everglades National Park (2023)
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Housing Invasive / alien freshwater species Storms Surface water pollution Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Mercury contamination of fish and wildlife
Danger List:  Yes
Golden Mountains of Altai (2023)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major linear utilities
Gough and Inaccessible Islands (2023)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Invasive/alien terrestrial species
Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve (2023)
States Parties: France
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Non-renewable energy facilities Oil and gas
Lake Baikal (2023)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Mining Surface water pollution Water infrastructure
Landscapes of Dauria (2023)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Mining
Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve (2023)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Marine transport infrastructure Oil and gas Solid waste
Other Threats: Increased human presence
Pirin National Park (2023)
States Parties: Bulgaria
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Virgin Komi Forests (2023)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Mining
Volcanoes of Kamchatka (2023)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Governance Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Legal framework Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan Mining Renewable energy facilities
Other Threats: Decline in populations of wild reindeer and snow sheep
Wadden Sea (2023)
States Parties: Germany Denmark Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Management systems/ management plan
Western Caucasus (2023)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Wood Buffalo National Park (2023)
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Air pollution Governance Ground water pollution Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Other climate change impacts Renewable energy facilities Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Lack of engagement with First Nations and Metis in monitoring activities and insufficient consideration of traditional ecological knowledge; Insufficiently understood cumulative impacts of multiple development pressures
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Albania Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada Croatia Czechia Denmark France Germany Italy Montenegro Netherlands (Kingdom of the) North Macedonia Poland Romania Russian Federation Slovakia Slovenia Spain Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of America
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 13 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 7 Mining 6 Illegal activities 6 Water infrastructure 5 Oil and gas 4 Legal framework 4 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 3 Ground transport infrastructure 3 Major linear utilities 3 Non-renewable energy facilities 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Surface water pollution 2 Forestry /wood production 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 2 Financial resources 2 Governance 2 Human resources 2 Commercial development 1 Housing 1 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Air pollution 1 Ground water pollution 1 Solid waste 1 Commercial hunting 1 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 1 Water (extraction) 1 Water (rain/water table) 1 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Storms 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 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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