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Reports
158
Properties concerned
87
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 2008close
Date end:2008close
States Parties: Ecuador
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Earthquake Housing Management activities
States Parties: China
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Fire (widlfires) Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Serious deterioration of materials and structures; Deterioration of the architectural and urban coherence and integrity of the property
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Afghanistan
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities
Other Threats: Risk of imminent collapse of the Buddha niches; Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintings
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Lithuania Russian Federation
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas Solid waste Surface water pollution
States Parties: Romania
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Localised utilities Surface water pollution
Other Threats: Deepwater navigation waterway through the Bystre mouth of the Danube River
States Parties: Thailand
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Forest fragmentationNeed for ecological corridors.
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7A
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Montenegro
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground water pollution Housing Storms Surface water pollution Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Mercury contamination of fish and wildlife
States Parties: Pakistan
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7A
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Financial resources Housing Land conversion Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Panama
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration and destruction of the fabric of the property by environmental factors, lack of maintenance, as well as polluted water
States Parties: Ecuador
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7A
Threats*: Governance Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Educational reform not implemented.
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Management activities War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: General need for interior and exterior conservation work on the monuments
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Major linear utilities Oil and gas
States Parties: India
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Housing Human resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
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Management systems/ management plan 96 Housing 58 Illegal activities 35 Ground transport infrastructure 28 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 24 Management activities 20 Land conversion 17 Financial resources 17 Legal framework 15 Deliberate destruction of heritage 14 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 13 Mining 13 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 13 Civil unrest 13 Water infrastructure 12 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 12 Human resources 11 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 10 Water (rain/water table) 8 Solid waste 7 Surface water pollution 7 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 7 Commercial development 6 Interpretative and visitation facilities 6 Marine transport infrastructure 6 Oil and gas 6 War 6 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Flooding 5 Governance 5 Earthquake 4 Major linear utilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Crop production 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 High impact research / monitoring activities 3 Underground transport infrastructure 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Air pollution 2 Ground water pollution 2 Water (extraction) 2 Relative humidity 2 Storms 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Air transport infrastructure 1 Localised utilities 1 Non-renewable energy facilities 1 Quarrying 1 Micro-organisms 1 Wind 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Drought 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 1 Translocated species 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.