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South Africa,,WHC: Since its inclusion to the World Heritage List, Robben Island is threatened by tourism pressure due to an increasing number of visitors, placing a high demand on the available resources. The Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee accompanied by the Centre and a representative of the South African Department of Environment and Tourism visited Robben ...

Poland,Threat to the integrity of the property (tobacco factory project) (issue resolved),Previous deliberations: Twenty-second session of the Committee, Chapter VII.38 Twenty-third session of the Bureau, Chapter IV.75   Major progress had been made in the implementation of the Strategic Governmental Programme for Auschwitz and of the Act for the Protection of Former Nazi ...

Democratic Republic of the Congo,a) Armed conflict, insecurity and political instability; b) Poaching by armed military groups; c) Encroachment, in particular in the corridor between the highlands and lowlands; d) Illegal mining and deforestation.,Application of the Reinforced monitoring mechanism at the property since 2007 (31 COM 7A.32). On 1 February 2008, a concise ...

India, Insufficient water delivery (issue resolved) Possible invasion of Paspalum grass (issue resolved)  Decline in the population of Siberian cranes (issue resolved) Inadequate water supply  ,The State Party submitted a report on 31 March 2006. The State Party reports that in 2005 there was more than average rainfall in the catchment area of Ajan Band, the temporary ...

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Tourism Pressure; Lack of management mechanism (including legislation) ,The State Party provided an up-date in response to the Committee’s request, and informed the Centre of the following: The Henderson Management Plan has been in existence for a number of years but has yet to be finalised. The State Party ...

South Africa, Visitors pressure; Lack of comprehensive Conservation Management Plan ; Lack of specific annual plans of operation; lack of human resources ; Difficulties with operational aspects of maintenance and conservation implementation including lack of preventive maintenance funding and programming ; Lack of appropriate conservation of the built heritage ; Lack of ...

Poland, Lack of Management Plan Slow process of consultation with local communities Ground transport infrastructure ,On 24 November 2017, the State Party submitted a report, available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/31/documents concerning the implementation of the recommendations of the Committee at its 40th session, as follows: Following receipt of the ICOMOS ...

Chile,a) Extremely fragile nature of the buildings that were constructed using local materials such as timber for frames, corrugated iron sheets for roofs and some walls, and stucco and lightweight construction that functioned with regular maintenance; b) Lack of maintenance over the past 40 years as well as vandalism at the property; c) Metal cladding corroded and some of ...

Gabon, Lack of management structure to deal with the cultural values of the property Need for training of conservation managers Road Development Project of optical fibre Poaching ,A joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS/IUCN Reactive Monitoring mission visited the property from 10 to 17 January 2015. Subsequently, on 31 January 2015, the State Party submitted a state of ...

Ecuador,Poaching, illegal livestock grazing, encroachment along the park's perimeter, unplanned road construction.,As requested by the Committee at its 28th session (Suzhou, 2004), IUCN undertook a mission to the property from 20 February until 2 March 2005. The mission reviewed the implementation of the recommendations from the 1999 mission to the property, and reports ...

Central African Republic, Insecurity; Poaching; Transhumance; Mining; Illegal fishing; Lack of resources. ,No formal report on the State of Conservation of the property and on progress towards the implementation of the recommendations of the 2001 UNESCO/IUCN mission was received from the State Party at the time of preparation of the document. In July 2005, the World ...

United Republic of Tanzania, poor state of preservation plant infestations sea wave and river erosion land use conflicts such as animal grazing, subsistence farming, constructions, vandalism lack of a functional management plan ,An ICOMOS mission visited the Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins Songo Mnara, in the United Republic of Tanzania, from 23 to 27 February 2004 at ...

Andorra,a) Legal protection for buffer zone; b) Completion of management plan and inventory.,Current conservation issues In its report submitted on 31st January 2008, the State Party reported progress on legal protection, and the management plan. a) Legal protection The State Party reported that the Law to protect the property as a cultural landscape, the details of which ...

Honduras, Extreme pressure with the invasion of refugees and settlers into the Reserve; Illegal tree felling; Poaching; Road construction;   Patuca II hydro power project . ,Summary of previous delibertions: Twenty-second session of the Committee – paragraph number VII.8 Twenty-third session of the Bureau – paragraph number IV.7 New information: The State Party has ...

Poland, Lack of Management Plan Slow process of consultation with local communities ,On 20 January 2016, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/31/documents. This is based on issues raised in an ICOMOS review submitted to the State Party in August 2015, in response to the State Party’s report of 3 ...

South Africa,a) Visitor pressure; b) Lack of comprehensive Conservation management plan; c) Lack of specific annual plans of operation; d) Difficulties with operational aspects of maintenance and conservation implementation including lack of preventive maintenance funding and programming; e) Lack of appropriate conservation of the built heritage; f) Lack of proactive ...

Central African Republic, Heavy poaching; Lack of management plan; Possible transfer of the management of the site to a private foundation ,In July 2000, the Centre was contacted by Earth Conservancy, a US based non-governmental organisation, claiming that it has been given the opportunity to manage three national parks in CAR for a twenty-year period beginning from the ...

Dominica,Cable car construction project,Previous deliberations: Twenty-second session of the Committee – page 96 of Annex IV. Twenty-third ordinary session of the Bureau – Chapter IV. 31   New information: IUCN has noted recent correspondence of 16 September 1999 from the State Party covering various aspects associated with the proposed cable car; including: (a) ...

India, Insufficient water delivery (issue resolved) Possible invasion of Paspalum grass (issue resolved)  Decline in the population of Siberian cranes (issue resolved) ,Over the past six months the World Heritage Centre has received many reports about the threat facing this property as a result of river water not being released to maintain the wetland ecosystem of the ...

Ghana, Erosion  Housing Management systems/ management plan Heavy rain Wind Salt-laden atmosphere ,The Forts and Castles of Ghana, as inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1979, consist of three castles, 15 forts in a relatively good condition, 10 forts in ruins and seven sites with traces of former fortifications. All sites are protected monuments in the custody of the ...