State of Conservation (SOC)

Results

134 SOC reports
135 Property(ies)
74 States Parties
Date Start: 2006
Date end: 2006

By Year
Properties by Region
Properties by Category
Statistics
Year Property SOC Regions Categories
EUR APA LAC ARB AFR Cultural Natural Mixed
2006
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
135
100%
17%
134 38
28%
5%
33
24%
4%
14
10%
2%
20
15%
2%
30
22%
4%
85
63%
10%
45
33%
6%
5
4%
1%
Threats*
Threats* Year
2006
Buildings and Development
2006
Commercial development 5
Housing 46
Industrial areas 1
Interpretative and visitation facilities 5
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 9
Transportation Infrastructure
2006
Air transport infrastructure 2
Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 6
Ground transport infrastructure 20
Marine transport infrastructure 1
Underground transport infrastructure 0
Services Infrastructures
2006
Localised utilities 1
Major linear utilities 3
Non-renewable energy facilities 0
Renewable energy facilities 1
Water infrastructure 9
Pollution
2006
Ground water pollution 2
Pollution of marine waters 1
Solid waste 7
Surface water pollution 5
Air pollution 3
Input of excess energy 2
Biological resource use/modification
2006
Commercial wild plant collection 0
Forestry /wood production 6
Land conversion 14
Livestock farming/grazing of domesticated animals 10
Subsistence hunting 1
Subsistence wild plant collection 0
Aquaculture 0
Commercial hunting 1
Crop production 10
Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4
Physical resource extraction
2006
Mining 14
Oil and gas 3
Quarrying 1
Water 2
Local conditions affecting physical fabric
2006
Dust 0
Micro-organisms 0
Pests 0
Radiation/light 0
Relative humidity 2
Temperature 1
Water 9
Wind 4
Social/cultural uses of heritage
2006
Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 16
Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation 30
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
2006
Deliberate destruction of heritage 8
Illegal activities 34
Civil unrest 12
Military training 1
Terrorism 0
War 5
Climate change and severe weather events
2006
Other climate change impacts 0
Changes to oceanic waters 0
Desertification 1
Drought 2
Flooding 6
Storms 2
Temperature change 1
Sudden ecological or geological events
2006
Fire 3
Avalanche/ landslide 1
Earthquake 4
Erosion and siltation/ deposition 7
Tsunami/tidal wave 0
Volcanic eruption 0
Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species
2006
Invasive / alien freshwater species 3
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
2006
Financial resources 15
Governance 3
High impact research/monitoring activities 1
Human resources 15
Legal framework 17
Low impact research/monitoring activities 0
Management activities 13
Management systems/ management plan 84


* : 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.