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Austria,a) Urban development pressure;
b) Lack of management plan.,During its 31st session (Christchurch, 2007), the World HeritageCommittee congratulated the State Party on submitting a management plan and a Master Plan for the property, and encouraged the State Party to implement the recommendations of the advisory mission of October 2006. The World HeritageCommittee ...
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China,,The World Heritage Committee, in its Decision 32 COM 7B.68, focussed on two principal conservation issues.
a) Negative Impacts of Urban Development near buffer zones
It noted with concern that that urban development around the property’s buffer zones, especially around the Guia Hill and Lighthouse and the Monte Fortress (Mount Fort), might impact negatively ...
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Iran (Islamic Republic of),a) Lack of comprehensive management plan;
b) Discrepancy between the potential Outstanding Universal Value of the property and the boundaries of the property actually inscribed on the World Heritage List.,A comprehensive management plan is being drafted within the framework of the financial assistance provided through the UNESCO Japan ...
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France,,The property of Bordeaux, Port of the Moon was inscribed on the World Heritage List by the World Heritage Committee at its 31st session (Christchurch 2007). However, very shortly afterwards, two major river crossing problems arose, threatening the outstanding universal value of the property : the first concerns one of the wet docks of the Port due to the ...
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Saint Lucia,,This property comprises significant tracts of privately owned lands. Current land uses include a small number of hotels strategically located between the two volcanic pitons that contribute to the property’s Outstanding Universal Value. There is increasing pressure on government authorities to provide the necessary permits for considerable expansion of ...
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Germany,Four-lane bridge construction project in the property,At its 30th session (Vilnius, 2006), the World Heritage Committee had expressed great concern about a bridge project, as approved by the City Council, considering that its construction would “irreversibly damage the values and integrity of the property”, based on an independent visual impact study conducted by ...
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Spain,a) Urban development pressure (« Huerto de las Adoratrices » project and underground parking project at the Plaza de los Bandos);
b) Lack of comprehensive management plan.,Since 2002, the World Heritage Committee has been expressing its concern on several occasions as regards the general measures taken for the conservation of the property and ...
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Spain,a) Urban development pressure
b) Lack of comprehensive management plan,At its 32nd session (Quebec City, 2008), the World Heritage Committee expressed its concern about the lack of progress made with the integrated management plan for the property and about the changes made to the “Huerto de las Adoratrices” project. It requested that the State Party ...
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Russian Federation,a) Quality of new design projects in the inscribed zone;
b) High-rise development ;
c) Confusion over definition and extent of inscribed property and its buffer zones.,The World Heritage Committee at its 33rd session (Seville, 2009) expressed its grave concern about the continuous lack of a leading management system and defined mechanisms of coordination ...
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Bangladesh,General threats:
a) Lack of capacity in conservation techniques;
b) Lack of management mechanism;
c) Lack of monitoring system;
d) Lack of human and financial resources.
Specific threats:
e) Negative impact of telephone tower built by the State Party within the property buffer zone on heritage and landscape value; Property boundaries and buffer zone ...
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Germany,,In August 2007, the State Party provided an impact study on a project for the crossing of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley taking into account the economic, cultural and landscape aspects and the outstanding universal value of the property. Initially, five possibilities were considered by the State Party: two low bridges across the river, one high bridge, a tunnel ...
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Russian Federation,a) Erection of a monument in honour of Marshal G. Zhukov
b) Ongoing and accelerated urban development pressures ,At its 34th session (Brasilia, 2010), the World Heritage Committee expressed its utmost concern regarding the lack of response to previous requests made by the Committee at its 32nd (Quebec City, 2008) and 33rd (Seville, 2009) ...
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Australia,
Potential construction of a dam (issue resolved)
Commercial logging in areas adjacent to the World Heritage property
Road construction projects
,The State Party submitted a comprehensive state of conservation report on the property on 28 January 2008, including responses to each of the issues raised by the World Heritage Committee in Decision 31 COM 7B.43.
At ...
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Spain,High-rise development in the vicinity of the property.,Further to the World Heritage Committee’s discussion at its 34th session (Brasilia, 2010) and Decision 34 COM 7B.100, the State Party invited an ICOMOS advisory mission to the property, by letter dated 10 December 2010, in order to assess the state of the construction work on the Torre Pelli - Cajasol ...
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China,a) Progressive loss of integrity and authenticity due to major tourism and commercial developments in and around the property
b) No clearly defined boundary or buffer zones;
c) Lack of a comprehensive Conservation Master Plan for the property and its sourroundings,The World Heritage Committee in its Decision 32 COM 7B.67 focussed on three main conservation issues: ...
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Bulgaria,a) Developments in the Bansko ski zone
b) Lack of effective management mechanisms
c) Boundary issues
d) Illegal logging,On 21 January 2010 the World Heritage Centre received a report on the state of conservation of the property by the State Party. The last decision of the World Heritage Committee (33 COM 7B.21) and several previous reports and Committee decisions ...
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Russian Federation,a) Illegal salmon fishing;
b) Gold mining;
c) Gas pipeline;
d) Development of a geothermal power station;
e) Forest fires;
f) Boundary changes;
g) Construction of the Esso-Palana road.,The State Party submitted its report on the state of conservation of the property on 15 February 2008.
From 30 August to 7 September 2007 a joint World Heritage Centre / ...
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Ecuador,(a) Development pressures which impact the authenticity of the site;
(b) Weaknesses in the decision making process regarding conservation.,On 8February 2010, the World Heritage Centre received a state of conservation report submitted by the State Party, detailing the progress made in implementing Decision 33 COM 7B.136 adopted by the World Heritage Committee at its ...
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Nepal,a) Lack of a conservation policy and inappropriate management of the property;
b) Impact on the archaeological remains, as well as on the visual integrity of the property by the Maya Devi Temple constructed in 2002.,At its 32nd session (Quebec City, 2008), the World Heritage Committee had requested the State Party to develop, in consultation with the World Heritage ...
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Portugal,a) Lack of comprehensive management plan;
b) Lack of conservation of parks and palaces;
c) Rapid encroachment by urban and infrastructure development;
d) Tourism pressure;
e) Lack of institutional coordination.,From 11 to 15 January 2010 a joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS reactive monitoring mission visited the property, as requested by the World Heritage ...