State of Conservation (SOC)

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

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

• Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (2008)
  Egypt
  Year: 2008
  Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Flooding Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
  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*: Financial resources Governance Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
  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*: Flooding Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
  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 activities Management systems/ management plan
  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*: Commercial development Housing Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan
  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 Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Human resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation Oil and gas
  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*: Forestry /wood production Land conversion Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
  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: a) Alterations of the hydrological regime; b) Border fence impeding mammal movements
  Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
  

• Bordeaux, Port of the Moon (2008)
  France
  Year: 2008
  Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Ground transport infrastructure
  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*: Crop production Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming/grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
  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.