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State of Conservation

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Date end:1998close
Sacred City of Anuradhapura (1998)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Sagarmatha National Park (1998)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Growing energy demands of the tourist industry
Sangay National Park (1998)
States Parties: Ecuador
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3A,WHC-98/CONF.203/7
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Shark Bay, Western Australia (1998)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Mining Oil and gas
Simien National Park (1998)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3A,WHC-98/CONF.203/7
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion
Other Threats: Loss of biodiversity
Danger List:  Yes
Site of Palmyra (1998)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Air pollution Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Localised utilities Major linear utilities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Temperature Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: serious weathering of many stone blocks
Škocjan Caves (1998)
States Parties: Slovenia
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Human resources Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Srebarna Nature Reserve (1998)
States Parties: Bulgaria
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3A,WHC-98/CONF.203/7
Threats*: Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Surface water pollution Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Loss of biodiversity
Danger List:  Yes
St Kilda (1998)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Oil and gas
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (1998)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Sun Temple, Konârak (1998)
States Parties: India
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Storms
Other Threats: Gradual deterioration and the structural instability
Tasmanian Wilderness (1998)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B,WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Ground transport infrastructure
Tchogha Zanbil (1998)
States Parties: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Management activities Relative humidity Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: absence of a viable method for sustainable conservation of the mud-brick structures; structural problems
Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu (1998)
States Parties: China
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries (1998)
States Parties: Thailand
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Management systems/ management plan
Tikal National Park (1998)
States Parties: Guatemala
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Storms
Tongariro National Park (1998)
States Parties: New Zealand
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Management activities Society's valuing of heritage Volcanic eruption
Town of Luang Prabang (1998)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Housing Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Tyre (1998)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B,WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Commercial development Erosion and siltation/ deposition Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
Vilnius Historic Centre (1998)
States Parties: Lithuania
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
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Albania Australia Belarus Benin Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Ethiopia France Germany Ghana Guatemala Guinea Honduras India Iran (Islamic Republic of) Italy Jordan Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Lithuania Mali Mexico Montenegro Mozambique Nepal New Zealand Niger North Macedonia Oman Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Russian Federation Senegal Slovenia Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Tunisia Türkiye Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of America Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 67 Housing 21 Ground transport infrastructure 20 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 18 Management activities 17 Illegal activities 15 Mining 11 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 11 Storms 10 Legal framework 10 Water (rain/water table) 9 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 8 Financial resources 8 Solid waste 7 Land conversion 7 Water infrastructure 6 Surface water pollution 6 Forestry /wood production 6 Interpretative and visitation facilities 5 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 5 Marine transport infrastructure 5 Relative humidity 5 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 5 Commercial development 4 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 4 Oil and gas 4 Civil unrest 4 Human resources 4 Major linear utilities 3 Air pollution 3 Flooding 3 Localised utilities 2 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Wind 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Deliberate destruction of heritage 2 War 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Volcanic eruption 2 High impact research / monitoring activities 2 Industrial areas 1 Renewable energy facilities 1 Ground water pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Commercial hunting 1 Crop production 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Water (extraction) 1 Temperature 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Military training 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Earthquake 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 1 Invasive / alien marine species 1 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 1 Governance 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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