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State of Conservation

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103
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Date Start: 1997close
Date end:1997close
Shirakami-Sanchi (1997)
States Parties: Japan
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B
Simien National Park (1997)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2A,WHC-97/CONF.208/8A
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion
Other Threats: Loss of biodiversity
Danger List:  Yes
Sinharaja Forest Reserve (1997)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Site of Palmyra (1997)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B
Threats*: Air pollution Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Housing Localised utilities Major linear utilities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Temperature Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: serious weathering of many stone blocks
Srebarna Nature Reserve (1997)
States Parties: Bulgaria
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/8A
Threats*: Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Surface water pollution Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Loss of biodiversity
Danger List:  Yes
Sun Temple, Konârak (1997)
States Parties: India
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Storms
Other Threats: Gradual deterioration and the structural instability
Sundarbans National Park (1997)
States Parties: India
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B
Taj Mahal (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
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (1997)
States Parties: Costa Rica Panama
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Tasmanian Wilderness (1997)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Ground transport infrastructure
Timbuktu (1997)
States Parties: Mali
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/8A
Threats*: Desertification Financial resources Legal framework Water (rain/water table) Wind
Other Threats: Vulnerability of the mosques
Danger List:  Yes
Town of Luang Prabang (1997)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Housing Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (1997)
States Parties: Philippines
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B
Tyre (1997)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B,WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Commercial development Erosion and siltation/ deposition Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (1997)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Other Threats: No specific threat identified
Vilnius Historic Centre (1997)
States Parties: Lithuania
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need for a comprehensive rehabilitation programme
Virgin Komi Forests (1997)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Mining
Virunga 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 Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Mining
Danger List:  Yes
Volcanoes of Kamchatka (1997)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B
Threats*: Mining
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino (1997)
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B,WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Localised utilities Marine transport infrastructure
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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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