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State of Conservation

1501
Reports
159
Properties concerned
90
States Parties with SOC reports
Property Category:Naturalclose
Date Start: 1986close
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Mining
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1994
Document Source: WHC.94/CONF.003/16
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Mining
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1986
Document Source: CC-86/CONF.001/11,CC-86/CONF.003/INF.4
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Mining
States Parties: India
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Rights issues with respect to local communities and indigenous peoples in the Tirthan and Sainj Wildlife Sanctuaries (issue resolved)
States Parties: India
Year: 2019
Document Source: WHC/19/43.COM/7B
Threats*: Governance Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Rights issues with respect to local communities and indigenous peoples in the Tirthan and Sainj Wildlife Sanctuaries
States Parties: India
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Rights issues with respect to local communities and indigenous peoples in the Tirthan and Sainj Wildlife Sanctuaries
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 2006
Document Source: WHC-06/30.COM/7B
Threats*: Air pollution Ground transport infrastructure
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 2002
Document Source: WHC-02/CONF.202/17
Threats*: Air pollution
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Air pollution
States Parties: Australia
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Fire (widlfires) Mining Water infrastructure
States Parties: Australia
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Mining Water infrastructure
States Parties: Australia
Year: 2019
Document Source: WHC/19/43.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Mining Water infrastructure
States Parties: Australia
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Mining Surface water pollution
States Parties: Australia
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Mining Surface water pollution
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Oil and gas
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Forestry /wood production
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Management systems/ management plan 768 Illegal activities 734 Mining 380 Ground transport infrastructure 342 Land conversion 308 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 303 Water infrastructure 280 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 261 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 242 Civil unrest 226 Financial resources 224 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 158 Oil and gas 152 Human resources 142 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 139 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 134 Legal framework 129 Housing 124 Surface water pollution 124 Forestry /wood production 113 War 108 Major linear utilities 82 Fire (widlfires) 77 Governance 76 Water (extraction) 74 Crop production 67 Invasive / alien freshwater species 59 Storms 56 Renewable energy facilities 55 Commercial hunting 55 Marine transport infrastructure 46 Air pollution 43 Other climate change impacts 43 Subsistence hunting 40 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 34 Drought 32 Water (rain/water table) 30 Invasive / alien marine species 30 Management activities 27 Ground water pollution 26 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 26 Solid waste 25 Localised utilities 24 Non-renewable energy facilities 24 Input of excess energy 23 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 22 Industrial areas 21 Changes to oceanic waters 20 Pollution of marine waters 17 Translocated species 17 Air transport infrastructure 16 Temperature change 16 Quarrying 11 Interpretative and visitation facilities 9 Commercial development 8 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Deliberate destruction of heritage 5 Aquaculture 4 Subsistence wild plant collection 4 Military training 4 Flooding 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Hyper-abundant species 4 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Terrorism 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Earthquake 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 1 High impact research / monitoring activities 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.