State of Conservation (SOC)

• Abu Mena (2008)
  Egypt
  Year: 2008
  Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure, Water, Management systems/ management plan,
  Danger List: Yes
  Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7A
  

• Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (2008)
  Niger
  Year: 2008
  Threats*: Livestock farming/grazing of domesticated animals, Forestry /wood production, Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community, Illegal activities, Civil unrest, Erosion and siltation/ deposition, Management systems/ management plan,
  Danger List: Yes
  Other Threats: poverty
  Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7A.Add
  

• Aksum (2008)
  Ethiopia
  Year: 2008
  Threats*: Legal framework, Management systems/ management plan,
  Other Threats: Lack of cartography, documentation and equipment
  Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
  

• Alejandro de Humboldt National Park (2008)
  Cuba
  Year: 2008
  Threats*: Mining,
  Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
  

• Ancient City of Damascus (2008)
  Syrian Arab Republic
  Year: 2008
  Threats*: Housing, Management systems/ management plan, Management activities,
  Other Threats: Poor state of conservation
  Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
  

• Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (2008)
  Egypt
  Year: 2008
  Threats*: Housing, Land conversion, Water, Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community, Deliberate destruction of heritage, Flooding, Management systems/ management plan,
  Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add2
  

• Angkor (2008)
  Cambodia
  Year: 2008
  Threats*: Housing, Management systems/ management plan,
  Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
  

• Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá (2008)
  Panama
  Year: 2008
  Threats*: Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community, Legal framework, Governance, Management systems/ management plan, Financial resources, Human resources,
  Other Threats: Severe deterioration of historic buildings that threatens the outstanding universal value of the property
  Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
  

• Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) (2008)
  Iraq
  Year: 2008
  Threats*: Water infrastructure, Flooding, Management systems/ management plan,
  Danger List: Yes
  Other Threats: Fragile mud brick structures;
  Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7A
  

• Auschwitz Birkenau
  German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) (2008)
  Poland
  Year: 2008
  Threats*: Management systems/ management plan,
  Other Threats: Slow consultation process with local communities
  Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
  

• Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery (2008)
  Georgia
  Year: 2008
  Threats*: Management systems/ management plan, Management activities,
  Other Threats: General need for interior and exterior conservation work on the monuments
  Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
  

• Bahla Fort (2008)
  Oman
  Year: 2008
  Threats*: Housing, Commercial development, Legal framework, Management systems/ management plan, Management activities,
  Other Threats: Deterioration of the earthen structures of the Fort;
  Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
  

• Bam and its Cultural Landscape (2008)
  Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  Year: 2008
  Threats*: Housing, Management systems/ management plan,
  Danger List: Yes
  Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7A
  

• Banc d'Arguin National Park (2008)
  Mauritania
  Year: 2008
  Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure, Fishing/collecting aquatic resources, Oil and gas, Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation, Illegal activities, Financial resources, Human resources,
  Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
  

• Belfries of Belgium and France (2008)
  France
  Belgium
  Year: 2008
  Threats*: Commercial development, Ground transport infrastructure,
  Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
  

• Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (2008)
  Belize
  Year: 2008
  Threats*: Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure, Land conversion, Forestry /wood production, Legal framework,
  Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
  

• Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Białowieża Forest (2008)
  Poland
  Belarus
  Year: 2008
  Threats*: Forestry /wood production, Illegal activities, Invasive/alien terrestrial species, Management systems/ management plan,
  Other Threats: d) Alterations of the hydrological regimee) Border fence impeding mammal movements;
  Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
  

• Bordeaux, Port of the Moon (2008)
  France
  Year: 2008
  Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure, Deliberate destruction of heritage,
  Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
  

• Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue (2008)
  Hungary
  Year: 2008
  Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure,
  Other Threats: Lack of conservation of residential housing in the area inscribed as World Heritage
  Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
  

• Chan Chan Archaeological Zone (2008)
  Peru
  Year: 2008
  Threats*: Livestock farming/grazing of domesticated animals, Crop production, Water, Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community, Illegal activities, Management systems/ management plan,
  Danger List: Yes
  Other Threats: Continuous deterioration of earthen architecture structures and decorated surfaces from lack of conservation and maintenance practices;
  Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7A
  

* : 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.