State of Conservation (SOC)

• Historic Centre of Riga (2007)
  Latvia
  Year: 2007
  Threats*: Housing, Legal framework,
  Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
  

• Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments (2007)
  Russian Federation
  Year: 2007
  Threats*: Housing, Management systems/ management plan,
  Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
  

• Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz (2007)
  Uzbekistan
  Year: 2007
  Threats*: Management systems/ management plan,
  Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
  

• Historic Centre of Sighişoara (2007)
  Romania
  Year: 2007
  Threats*: Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation, Management systems/ management plan, Financial resources,
  Other Threats: General deterioration of the monuments, and especially the fortifications
  Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
  

• Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg (2007)
  Austria
  Year: 2007
  Threats*: Housing, Ground transport infrastructure,
  Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
  

• Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa (2007)
  China
  Year: 2007
  Threats*: Housing, Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure, Management activities,
  Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
  

• Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (2007)
  Japan
  Year: 2007
  Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure, Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation,
  Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
  

• Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu (2007)
  Peru
  Year: 2007
  Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure, Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation, Avalanche/ landslide, Management systems/ management plan,
  Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B.Add.2
  

• Historic Town of Zabid (2007)
  Yemen
  Year: 2007
  Threats*: Housing, Land conversion, Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community, Illegal activities,
  Danger List: Yes
  Other Threats: Serious deterioration of the city’s heritage
  Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7A
  

• Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa (2007)
  Peru
  Year: 2007
  Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage, Flooding, Earthquake, Management activities,
  Other Threats: Material decay and abandonment of buildings
  Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
  

• Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta (2007)
  Pakistan
  Year: 2007
  Threats*: Wind, Relative humidity, Temperature, Water, Erosion and siltation/ deposition,
  Other Threats: Significant decay of the property caused by the local climatic conditions
  Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
  

• Historical Monuments of Mtskheta (2007)
  Georgia
  Year: 2007
  Threats*: Management systems/ management plan,
  Other Threats: Loss of authenticity in recent works carried out by the Church
  Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B.Add
  

• Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works (2007)
  Chile
  Year: 2007
  Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure, Wind, Deliberate destruction of heritage, Management systems/ management plan,
  Danger List: Yes
  Other Threats: a) Extremely fragile nature of the buildings that were constructed using local materials such as timber for frames, corrugated iron sheets for roofs and some walls, and stucco and lightweight construction that functioned with regular maintenanceb) Lack of maintenance over the past 40 years c) Metal cladding corroded and some of the structural elements dismantled. A few buildings, such as the Leaching house, are liable to structural collapse if no support is givend) Very little conservation work carried ou
  Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7A
  

• Ichkeul National Park (2007)
  Tunisia
  Year: 2007
  Threats*: Water infrastructure, Water, Management systems/ management plan,
  Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
  

• Iguaçu National Park (2007)
  Brazil
  Year: 2007
  Threats*: Housing, Water infrastructure, Ground transport infrastructure, Illegal activities, Management systems/ management plan, Financial resources,
  Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
  

• Iguazu National Park (2007)
  Argentina
  Year: 2007
  Threats*: Housing, Water infrastructure, Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure, Management systems/ management plan, Financial resources,
  Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
  

• Ilulissat Icefjord (2007)
  Denmark
  Year: 2007
  Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure, Solid waste, Fishing/collecting aquatic resources, Subsistence hunting, Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation, Management systems/ management plan,
  Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
  

• Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang
  Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing
  Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing (2007)
  China
  Year: 2007
  Threats*: Housing, Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation, Management systems/ management plan,
  Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B.Add
  

• Island of Gorée (2007)
  Senegal
  Year: 2007
  Threats*: Housing, Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation, Illegal activities, Erosion and siltation/ deposition, Human resources,
  Other Threats: a) Risk of collapse of historic buildingsb) Construction of the replica of the Gorée Memorial
  Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
  

• Island of Mozambique (2007)
  Mozambique
  Year: 2007
  Threats*: Housing, Solid waste, Management systems/ management plan, Human resources,
  Other Threats: Buildings threatened with collapse
  Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B.Add
  

* : 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.