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State of Conservation (SOC)

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158 SOC reports
158 Property(ies)
88 States Parties
Date Start: 2008
Date end: 2008

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By Year
Properties by Region
Properties by Category
Statistics
Year Property SOC Regions Categories
EUR APA LAC ARB AFR Cultural Natural Mixed
2008
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 158
100%
19%		 158 57
36%
7%		 33
21%
4%		 25
16%
3%		 17
11%
2%		 26
16%
3%		 101
64%
12%		 53
34%
6%		 4
3%
0%
Threats*
Threats* Year
2008
Buildings and Development
2008
Commercial development 6
Housing 58
Industrial areas 0
Interpretative and visitation facilities 6
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 13
Transportation Infrastructure
2008
Air transport infrastructure 1
Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 10
Ground transport infrastructure 27
Marine transport infrastructure 6
Underground transport infrastructure 2
Services Infrastructures
2008
Localised utilities 1
Major linear utilities 3
Non-renewable energy facilities 1
Renewable energy facilities 2
Water infrastructure 12
Pollution
2008
Ground water pollution 2
Pollution of marine waters 0
Solid waste 7
Surface water pollution 7
Air pollution 2
Input of excess energy 3
Biological resource use/modification
2008
Commercial wild plant collection 0
Forestry /wood production 5
Land conversion 17
Livestock farming/grazing of domesticated animals 12
Subsistence hunting 0
Subsistence wild plant collection 0
Aquaculture 0
Commercial hunting 0
Crop production 3
Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 5
Physical resource extraction
2008
Mining 13
Oil and gas 6
Quarrying 1
Water 2
Local conditions affecting physical fabric
2008
Dust 0
Micro-organisms 1
Pests 0
Radiation/light 0
Relative humidity 2
Temperature 0
Water 8
Wind 1
Social/cultural uses of heritage
2008
Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 13
Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation 24
Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3
Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1
Ritual/spiritual/religious and associative uses 0
Society's valuing of heritage 1
Other human activities
2008
Deliberate destruction of heritage 14
Illegal activities 35
Civil unrest 13
Military training 0
Terrorism 0
War 6
Climate change and severe weather events
2008
Other climate change impacts 0
Changes to oceanic waters 0
Desertification 0
Drought 1
Flooding 5
Storms 2
Temperature change 0
Sudden ecological or geological events
2008
Fire 2
Avalanche/ landslide 1
Earthquake 4
Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3
Tsunami/tidal wave 1
Volcanic eruption 0
Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species
2008
Invasive / alien freshwater species 2
Invasive / alien marine species 0
Hyper-abundant species 0
Invasive/alien terrestrial species 7
Modified genetic material 0
Translocated species 1
Management and institutional factors
2008
Financial resources 17
Governance 5
High impact research/monitoring activities 3
Human resources 11
Legal framework 15
Low impact research/monitoring activities 0
Management activities 20
Management systems/ management plan 95

* : 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.