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Agra Fort (1997)
States Parties: India
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.207/2,WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Air pollution
Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (1997)
States Parties: Niger
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2A,WHC-97/CONF.208/8A
Threats*: Illegal activities
Other Threats: Decline in wildlife populations
Danger List:  Yes
Ajanta Caves (1997)
States Parties: India
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management activities Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity
Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada (1997)
States Parties: Spain
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B,WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Ancient City of Bosra (1997)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B
Threats*: Financial resources Management activities
Ancient City of Damascus (1997)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B,WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Management activities
Angkor (1997)
States Parties: Cambodia
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2A,WHC-97/CONF.208/8A
Threats*: Human resources Illegal activities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Urgent problems of conservation
Danger List:  Yes
Arabian Oryx Sanctuary (1997)
States Parties: Oman
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B,WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Illegal activities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro (1997)
States Parties: Pakistan
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Flooding Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Deterioration of the bricks due to salt crystallization and hydration
Asante Traditional Buildings (1997)
States Parties: Ghana
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Financial resources Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Auschwitz Birkenau
German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) (1997)
States Parties: Poland
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B
Threats*: Commercial development Localised utilities
Bahla Fort (1997)
States Parties: Oman
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2A,WHC-97/CONF.208/8A
Threats*: Management activities
Other Threats: Degradation of the structures
Danger List:  Yes
Banc d'Arguin National Park (1997)
States Parties: Mauritania
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Baroque Churches of the Philippines (1997)
States Parties: Philippines
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B
Other Threats: Need to raise public awareness and to ensure proper conservation measures
Białowieża Forest (1997)
States Parties: Belarus Poland
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Management systems/ management plan
Butrint (1997)
States Parties: Albania
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B,WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Financial resources
Other Threats: Need for monitoring of the situation at the site
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (1997)
States Parties: Canada
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Mining Oil and gas
Canaima National Park (1997)
States Parties: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan
Canal du Midi (1997)
States Parties: France
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Solid waste
Chan Chan Archaeological Zone (1997)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/8A
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
Chitwan National Park (1997)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B
Threats*: Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
Churches of Moldavia (1997)
States Parties: Romania
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B
City of Cuzco (1997)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg (1997)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Complex of Hué Monuments (1997)
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Storms
Dja Faunal Reserve (1997)
States Parties: Cameroon
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Illegal activities
Durmitor National Park (1997)
States Parties: Montenegro
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B,WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution
Other Threats: Earthen containment structures
Elephanta Caves (1997)
States Parties: India
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management activities Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity
Ellora Caves (1997)
States Parties: India
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management activities Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity
Everglades National Park (1997)
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/8A
Threats*: Crop production Housing Industrial areas Storms Surface water pollution Water infrastructure
Danger List:  Yes
Fatehpur Sikri (1997)
States Parties: India
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.207/2,WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Air pollution
Frontiers of the Roman Empire (1997)
States Parties: Germany United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B
Galápagos Islands (1997)
States Parties: Ecuador
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B,WHC-97/CONF.204/INF.9,WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive / alien marine species Invasive/alien terrestrial species Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Garamba National Park (1997)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2A,WHC-97/CONF.208/8A
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities
Danger List:  Yes
Great Barrier Reef (1997)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Mining
Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago (1997)
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Marine transport infrastructure
Historic Areas of Istanbul (1997)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need to monitor movements which could affect the structure of the building
Historic Cairo (1997)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Management activities
Historic Centre of Bukhara (1997)
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Management activities
Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu (1997)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B,WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Ground transport infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Historic Town of Zabid (1997)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Management activities Relative humidity Solid waste
Ichkeul National Park (1997)
States Parties: Tunisia
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2A,WHC-97/CONF.208/8A
Threats*: Air pollution Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Subsistence hunting Water (rain/water table) Water infrastructure
Danger List:  Yes
Iguaçu National Park (1997)
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Input of excess energy
Island of Mozambique (1997)
States Parties: Mozambique
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Management systems/ management plan Solid waste Storms
Other Threats: Precarious state of conservation of the stone
Itchan Kala (1997)
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Management activities
Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site (1997)
States Parties: El Salvador
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Kahuzi-Biega National Park (1997)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community War
Kakadu National Park (1997)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Mining
Kathmandu Valley (1997)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B,WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Housing Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need for restoration/consolidation works
Kaziranga National Park (1997)
States Parties: India
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B
Threats*: Flooding Illegal activities Society's valuing of heritage
Keoladeo National Park (1997)
States Parties: India
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B
Threats*: Invasive/alien terrestrial species
Other Threats: Decline in the population of Siberian cranes
Komodo National Park (1997)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Lake Baikal (1997)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Legal framework Surface water pollution
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (1997)
States Parties: India
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2A,WHC-97/CONF.208/8A
Threats*: Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion
Other Threats: Destruction of Park infrastructures
Danger List:  Yes
Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (1997)
States Parties: Central African Republic
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan
Maya Site of Copan (1997)
States Parties: Honduras
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Attention to be paid to the conservation of stone and stuccos
Medina of Fez (1997)
States Parties: Morocco
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Ground transport infrastructure Housing
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (1997)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion
Other Threats: Deterioration of the stones
Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay (1997)
States Parties: France
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Management systems/ management plan
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (1997)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire Guinea
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2A,WHC-97/CONF.208/8A
Threats*: Financial resources Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Mining
Danger List:  Yes
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks (1997)
States Parties: India
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B
Threats*: Illegal activities Subsistence wild plant collection
Okapi Wildlife Reserve (1997)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Illegal activities Mining War
Old City of Berne (1997)
States Parties: Switzerland
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B
Other Threats: Fire in January 1997
Old City of Dubrovnik (1997)
States Parties: Croatia
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/8A
Threats*: Earthquake Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (1997)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct (1997)
States Parties: Spain
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B,WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Old Walled City of Shibam (1997)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B
Threats*: Flooding Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Poor maintenance
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Albania Australia Belarus Benin Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Democratic Republic of the Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Ethiopia France Germany Ghana Guinea Honduras India Indonesia Japan Jordan Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Lithuania Mali Mauritania Mexico Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Nepal Niger Oman Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Romania Russian Federation Spain Sri Lanka Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tunisia Türkiye United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of America Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 47 Illegal activities 20 Management activities 20 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 16 Housing 15 Ground transport infrastructure 15 Legal framework 13 Mining 9 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 9 Land conversion 8 Financial resources 8 Solid waste 6 Water (rain/water table) 6 Air pollution 5 Surface water pollution 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Relative humidity 5 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 5 Commercial development 4 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 4 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Flooding 4 Storms 4 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 3 Localised utilities 3 Water infrastructure 3 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 3 Civil unrest 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Marine transport infrastructure 2 Major linear utilities 2 Oil and gas 2 War 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Human resources 2 Industrial areas 1 Renewable energy facilities 1 Input of excess energy 1 Crop production 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Water (extraction) 1 Temperature 1 Wind 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Desertification 1 Earthquake 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 1 Invasive / alien marine 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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