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State of Conservation (SOC)

Results

153 SOC reports
159 Property(ies)
87 States Parties
Date Start: 2004
Date end: 2004

By Year
Properties by Region
Properties by Category
Statistics
Year Property SOC Regions Categories
EUR APA LAC ARB AFR Cultural Natural Mixed
2004
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
159
100%
21%
153 52
33%
7%
38
24%
5%
26
16%
3%
19
12%
3%
24
15%
3%
103
65%
14%
51
32%
7%
5
3%
1%
Threats*
Threats* Year
2004
Buildings and Development
2004
Commercial development 11
Housing 47
Industrial areas 0
Interpretative and visitation facilities 8
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 7
Transportation Infrastructure
2004
Air transport infrastructure 2
Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 10
Ground transport infrastructure 32
Marine transport infrastructure 5
Underground transport infrastructure 3
Services Infrastructures
2004
Localised utilities 0
Major linear utilities 6
Non-renewable energy facilities 0
Renewable energy facilities 3
Water infrastructure 7
Pollution
2004
Ground water pollution 2
Pollution of marine waters 1
Solid waste 8
Surface water pollution 4
Air pollution 2
Input of excess energy 5
Biological resource use/modification
2004
Commercial wild plant collection 0
Forestry /wood production 2
Land conversion 11
Livestock farming/grazing of domesticated animals 10
Subsistence hunting 1
Subsistence wild plant collection 0
Aquaculture 0
Commercial hunting 2
Crop production 2
Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 8
Physical resource extraction
2004
Mining 10
Oil and gas 5
Quarrying 1
Water (extraction) 2
Local conditions affecting physical fabric
2004
Dust 0
Micro-organisms 2
Pests 0
Radiation/light 0
Relative humidity 4
Temperature 1
Water (rain/water table) 14
Wind 2
Social/cultural uses of heritage
2004
Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 13
Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation 29
Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3
Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 0
Ritual/spiritual/religious and associative uses 2
Society's valuing of heritage 3
Other human activities
2004
Illegal activities 43
Civil unrest 15
Deliberate destruction of heritage 12
Military training 0
Terrorism 0
War 6
Climate change and severe weather events
2004
Other climate change impacts 0
Changes to oceanic waters 0
Desertification 0
Drought 0
Flooding 2
Storms 2
Temperature change 2
Sudden ecological or geological events
2004
Avalanche/ landslide 3
Earthquake 4
Erosion and siltation/ deposition 10
Fire (widlfires) 2
Tsunami/tidal wave 0
Volcanic eruption 0
Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species
2004
Invasive / alien marine species 0
Hyper-abundant species 0
Invasive / alien freshwater species 2
Invasive/alien terrestrial species 2
Modified genetic material 0
Translocated species 0
Management and institutional factors
2004
Financial resources 26
Governance 3
High impact research/monitoring activities 4
Human resources 21
Legal framework 26
Low impact research/monitoring activities 0
Management activities 14
Management systems/ management plan 99


* : 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.