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State of Conservation

581
Reports
154
Properties concerned
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States Parties with SOC reports
Date end:2007close
Region: Europe and North Americaclose
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 1988
Document Source: SC-88/CONF.001/13
Other Threats: Fire
Properties
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Threats
Management systems/ management plan 250 Housing 156 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 95 Ground transport infrastructure 79 Surface water pollution 59 Legal framework 49 Water infrastructure 47 Mining 42 Illegal activities 40 Management activities 35 Forestry /wood production 33 Financial resources 30 Interpretative and visitation facilities 26 Oil and gas 24 Major linear utilities 23 Storms 23 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 20 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 19 Deliberate destruction of heritage 19 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 18 Water (rain/water table) 18 Renewable energy facilities 17 Relative humidity 17 Water (extraction) 16 Earthquake 16 Industrial areas 14 Marine transport infrastructure 14 Crop production 14 Localised utilities 13 Solid waste 12 Invasive / alien freshwater species 12 Commercial development 11 Air pollution 11 Quarrying 11 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 11 Human resources 11 War 9 Pollution of marine waters 8 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 7 High impact research / monitoring activities 7 Air transport infrastructure 6 Fire (widlfires) 6 Governance 6 Underground transport infrastructure 5 Ground water pollution 5 Micro-organisms 5 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 5 Input of excess energy 4 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4 Temperature 4 Radiation/light 3 Wind 3 Terrorism 3 Flooding 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Society's valuing of heritage 2 Temperature change 2 Commercial hunting 1 Land conversion 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Pests 1 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Civil unrest 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.


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