State of Conservation (SOC)

Results

161 SOC reports
165 Property(ies)
90 States Parties
Date Start: 2007
Date end: 2007

By Year
Properties by Region
Properties by Category
Statistics
Year Property SOC Regions Categories
EUR APA LAC ARB AFR Cultural Natural Mixed
2007
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
165
100%
20%
161 50
30%
6%
41
25%
5%
22
13%
3%
22
13%
3%
30
18%
4%
107
65%
13%
54
33%
7%
4
2%
0%
Threats*
Threats* Year
2007
Buildings and Development
2007
Commercial development 4
Housing 60
Industrial areas 1
Interpretative and visitation facilities 7
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 16
Transportation Infrastructure
2007
Air transport infrastructure 2
Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 7
Ground transport infrastructure 28
Marine transport infrastructure 2
Underground transport infrastructure 0
Services Infrastructures
2007
Localised utilities 1
Major linear utilities 4
Non-renewable energy facilities 0
Renewable energy facilities 1
Water infrastructure 13
Pollution
2007
Ground water pollution 1
Pollution of marine waters 2
Solid waste 10
Surface water pollution 4
Air pollution 1
Input of excess energy 1
Biological resource use/modification
2007
Commercial wild plant collection 0
Forestry /wood production 4
Land conversion 17
Livestock farming/grazing of domesticated animals 11
Subsistence hunting 2
Subsistence wild plant collection 0
Aquaculture 0
Commercial hunting 1
Crop production 11
Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4
Physical resource extraction
2007
Mining 12
Oil and gas 3
Quarrying 1
Water (extraction) 2
Local conditions affecting physical fabric
2007
Dust 0
Micro-organisms 1
Pests 0
Radiation/light 0
Relative humidity 3
Temperature 2
Water (rain/water table) 10
Wind 3
Social/cultural uses of heritage
2007
Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 21
Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation 36
Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 4
Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1
Ritual/spiritual/religious and associative uses 0
Society's valuing of heritage 1
Other human activities
2007
Illegal activities 41
Civil unrest 13
Deliberate destruction of heritage 10
Military training 0
Terrorism 0
War 7
Climate change and severe weather events
2007
Other climate change impacts 0
Changes to oceanic waters 0
Desertification 1
Drought 2
Flooding 5
Storms 1
Temperature change 1
Sudden ecological or geological events
2007
Avalanche/ landslide 1
Earthquake 5
Erosion and siltation/ deposition 9
Fire (widlfires) 3
Tsunami/tidal wave 0
Volcanic eruption 0
Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species
2007
Invasive / alien marine species 0
Hyper-abundant species 0
Invasive / alien freshwater species 3
Invasive/alien terrestrial species 5
Modified genetic material 0
Translocated species 1
Management and institutional factors
2007
Financial resources 18
Governance 3
High impact research/monitoring activities 1
Human resources 18
Legal framework 12
Low impact research/monitoring activities 0
Management activities 16
Management systems/ management plan 98


* : 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.