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State of Conservation

159
Reports
159
Properties concerned
87
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 2004close
Date end:2004close
Legend

Category of site
Cultural site Natural site Mixed site

Site inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger
Cultural site Natural site Mixed site

Threats
Management systems/ management plan 100 Housing 47 Illegal activities 44 Ground transport infrastructure 32 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 29 Financial resources 26 Legal framework 26 Human resources 21 Water (rain/water table) 17 Civil unrest 15 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 13 Management activities 13 Deliberate destruction of heritage 12 Commercial development 11 Land conversion 11 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 10 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 10 Mining 9 Interpretative and visitation facilities 8 Solid waste 8 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 8 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 7 Water infrastructure 7 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 7 Major linear utilities 6 War 6 Marine transport infrastructure 5 Input of excess energy 5 Oil and gas 5 Surface water pollution 4 Relative humidity 4 Earthquake 4 High impact research / monitoring activities 4 Underground transport infrastructure 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Society's valuing of heritage 3 Avalanche/ landslide 3 Governance 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Air pollution 2 Ground water pollution 2 Commercial hunting 2 Crop production 2 Forestry /wood production 2 Water (extraction) 2 Micro-organisms 2 Wind 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Flooding 2 Storms 2 Temperature change 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 2 Localised utilities 1 Pollution of marine waters 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Quarrying 1 Temperature 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.