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State of Conservation

709
Reports
160
Properties concerned
40
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 2006close
Region: Europe and North Americaclose
Statistics by properties (by regions and categories)
Year Property SOC Regions Categories
EUR-NA APA LAC ARB AFR Cultural Natural Mixed
2006
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
38
28%
5%
38 38
28%
5%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
24
18%
3%
12
9%
1%
2
1%
0%
2007
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
50
30%
6%
50 50
30%
6%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
37
22%
4%
12
7%
1%
1
1%
0%
2008
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
57
36%
7%
57 57
36%
7%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
42
27%
5%
13
8%
2%
2
1%
0%
2009
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
64
36%
7%
64 64
36%
7%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
50
28%
6%
12
7%
1%
2
1%
0%
2010
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
47
32%
5%
47 47
32%
5%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
33
22%
4%
11
7%
1%
3
2%
0%
2011
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
50
29%
5%
50 50
29%
5%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
41
24%
5%
8
5%
1%
1
1%
0%
2012
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
46
31%
5%
46 46
31%
5%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
32
22%
3%
12
8%
1%
2
1%
0%
2013
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
46
27%
5%
46 46
27%
5%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
32
19%
3%
14
8%
1%
0
0%
0%
2014
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
31
21%
3%
31 31
21%
3%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
20
13%
2%
9
6%
1%
2
1%
0%
2015
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
28
20%
3%
28 28
20%
3%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
18
13%
2%
10
7%
1%
0
0%
0%
2016
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
37
24%
4%
37 37
24%
4%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
22
14%
2%
14
9%
1%
1
1%
0%
2017
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
32
21%
3%
32 32
21%
3%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
21
14%
2%
10
6%
1%
1
1%
0%
2018
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
33
21%
3%
33 33
21%
3%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
20
13%
2%
13
8%
1%
0
0%
0%
2019
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
30
18%
3%
30 30
18%
3%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
20
12%
2%
9
5%
1%
1
1%
0%
2021
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
53
21%
53 53
21%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
35
14%
17
7%
1
0%
2023
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
67
26%
67 67
26%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
47
18%
18
7%
2
1%
Threats*
Threats Group of Threats SOC reports Properties
Commercial development Buildings and Development 33 8
Housing Buildings and Development 280 58
Industrial areas Buildings and Development 0 0
Interpretative and visitation facilities Buildings and Development 42 17
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Buildings and Development 104 26
Air transport infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 6 2
Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 49 16
Ground transport infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 149 32
Marine transport infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 32 7
Underground transport infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 20 4
Localised utilities Services Infrastructures 8 5
Major linear utilities Services Infrastructures 35 6
Non-renewable energy facilities Services Infrastructures 14 5
Renewable energy facilities Services Infrastructures 26 8
Water infrastructure Services Infrastructures 51 11
Air pollution Pollution 9 4
Ground water pollution Pollution 13 3
Input of excess energy Pollution 14 2
Pollution of marine waters Pollution 9 4
Solid waste Pollution 23 9
Surface water pollution Pollution 44 6
Aquaculture Biological resource use/modification 0 0
Commercial hunting Biological resource use/modification 6 1
Commercial wild plant collection Biological resource use/modification 0 0
Crop production Biological resource use/modification 6 1
Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Biological resource use/modification 6 4
Forestry /wood production Biological resource use/modification 23 4
Land conversion Biological resource use/modification 34 5
Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Biological resource use/modification 0 0
Subsistence hunting Biological resource use/modification 3 2
Subsistence wild plant collection Biological resource use/modification 0 0
Mining Physical resource extraction 62 15
Oil and gas Physical resource extraction 44 11
Quarrying Physical resource extraction 12 7
Water (extraction) Physical resource extraction 16 5
Dust Local conditions affecting physical fabric 0 0
Micro-organisms Local conditions affecting physical fabric 6 1
Pests Local conditions affecting physical fabric 0 0
Radiation/light Local conditions affecting physical fabric 0 0
Relative humidity Local conditions affecting physical fabric 3 3
Temperature Local conditions affecting physical fabric 1 1
Water (rain/water table) Local conditions affecting physical fabric 16 6
Wind Local conditions affecting physical fabric 2 2
Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Social/cultural uses of heritage 4 1
Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Social/cultural uses of heritage 13 5
Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Social/cultural uses of heritage 159 38
Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Social/cultural uses of heritage 0 0
Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses Social/cultural uses of heritage 0 0
Society's valuing of heritage Social/cultural uses of heritage 12 3
Civil unrest Other human activities 20 2
Deliberate destruction of heritage Other human activities 26 8
Illegal activities Other human activities 80 15
Military training Other human activities 0 0
Terrorism Other human activities 0 0
War Other human activities 0 0
Changes to oceanic waters Climate change and severe weather events 0 0
Desertification Climate change and severe weather events 0 0
Drought Climate change and severe weather events 0 0
Flooding Climate change and severe weather events 2 1
Other climate change impacts Climate change and severe weather events 9 4
Storms Climate change and severe weather events 18 3
Temperature change Climate change and severe weather events 3 2
Avalanche/ landslide Sudden ecological or geological events 2 1
Earthquake Sudden ecological or geological events 14 7
Erosion and siltation/ deposition Sudden ecological or geological events 24 4
Fire (widlfires) Sudden ecological or geological events 16 3
Tsunami/tidal wave Sudden ecological or geological events 0 0
Volcanic eruption Sudden ecological or geological events 0 0
Hyper-abundant species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 1 1
Invasive / alien freshwater species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 13 2
Invasive / alien marine species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 0 0
Invasive/alien terrestrial species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 20 6
Modified genetic material Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 0 0
Translocated species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 0 0
Financial resources Management and institutional factors 17 6
Governance Management and institutional factors 20 8
High impact research / monitoring activities Management and institutional factors 8 3
Human resources Management and institutional factors 15 6
Legal framework Management and institutional factors 126 29
Low impact research / monitoring activities Management and institutional factors 1 1
Management activities Management and institutional factors 85 20
Management systems/ management plan Management and institutional factors 453 109
Threats by year (SOC reports)*
Threats* Year
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Buildings and Development
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Commercial development 1 1 3 2 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 4 4
Housing 15 23 23 34 20 24 17 18 13 13 10 12 8 14 17 19
Industrial areas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Interpretative and visitation facilities 1 2 2 4 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 6 4
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 3 5 5 7 9 7 4 8 7 3 8 6 6 6 9 11
Transportation Infrastructure
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Air transport infrastructure 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 2 3 7 2 4 1 3 0 2 2 4 3 5 4 5
Ground transport infrastructure 9 12 13 12 8 8 7 7 6 5 9 9 8 10 12 14
Marine transport infrastructure 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 4 3 3 4 3 4
Underground transport infrastructure 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 2
Services Infrastructures
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Localised utilities 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Major linear utilities 2 4 3 3 0 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 3
Non-renewable energy facilities 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 3
Renewable energy facilities 1 1 2 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 2 1 2 1 3 3
Water infrastructure 2 2 2 0 0 1 2 4 2 4 3 6 3 6 7 7
Pollution
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Air pollution 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1
Ground water pollution 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
Input of excess energy 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
Pollution of marine waters 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Solid waste 0 3 2 1 2 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 2
Surface water pollution 3 3 5 1 4 3 4 2 2 2 3 2 4 1 3 2
Biological resource use/modification
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Aquaculture 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Commercial hunting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
Commercial wild plant collection 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crop production 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Forestry /wood production 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2
Land conversion 0 0 1 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 3
Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Subsistence hunting 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Subsistence wild plant collection 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physical resource extraction
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Mining 4 1 2 2 4 2 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 3 8 8
Oil and gas 1 0 3 2 3 2 3 4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 4
Quarrying 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3
Water (extraction) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1
Local conditions affecting physical fabric
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Dust 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Micro-organisms 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pests 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Radiation/light 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Relative humidity 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temperature 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Water (rain/water table) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 3
Wind 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Social/cultural uses of heritage
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 5
Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 7 14 10 9 7 6 9 9 11 3 11 8 10 11 17 17
Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Society's valuing of heritage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 3 2
Other human activities
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Civil unrest 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2
Deliberate destruction of heritage 2 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
Illegal activities 6 7 5 6 4 4 5 7 3 3 5 4 4 3 7 7
Military training 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terrorism 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
War 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Climate change and severe weather events
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Changes to oceanic waters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Desertification 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Drought 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flooding 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other climate change impacts 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2
Storms 1 0 1 0 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temperature change 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sudden ecological or geological events
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Avalanche/ landslide 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earthquake 1 1 2 1 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Erosion and siltation/ deposition 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 3 1 3 2 2 1 2 2
Fire (widlfires) 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 2
Tsunami/tidal wave 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Volcanic eruption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Hyper-abundant species 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Invasive / alien freshwater species 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Invasive / alien marine species 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Invasive/alien terrestrial species 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 2
Modified genetic material 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Translocated species 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Management and institutional factors
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023
Financial resources 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 3 2
Governance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 7 6
High impact research / monitoring activities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 1
Human resources 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 3 2
Legal framework 1 3 5 6 6 5 5 9 6 7 9 11 9 12 17 15
Low impact research / monitoring activities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Management activities 3 4 4 7 7 8 7 8 5 6 5 6 4 2 4 5
Management systems/ management plan 19 30 35 33 28 32 27 28 18 19 22 23 23 23 43 50
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* : 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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