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Australia,,The boundaries of this site have been considerably enlarged to include an important wetland area which should add to the viability of this property.
During a visit to Australian National Park and Wildlife Service offices in Canberra in January, IUCN was informed that notation of this extension would be given to the Secretariat. The new area would be included as ...
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Zimbabwe,,Unprecedented poaching pressures from the Zambian side of the Zambesi River have resulted in the loss of over 100 rhinos as well as loss of human life.
Senior government officials from each country have issued statements of concern and patrols have been reinforced.
Addition of the Lower Zambesi National Park in Zambia to the site as proposed at the 8th ...
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Argentina, Reappropriation of land for a settlement scheme,IUCN visited the site in March.
Development of a village settlement by the Province has indeed begun and has resulted in detrimental impacts in this key area of the park.
There are also further plans for dam construction in the park and great concern by local conservationists over the future of this site has ...
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Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang (State of Conservation 2005)
China,Urban development pressure; Tourism pressure; Lack of management mechanism (no legislation for buffer zone).,On 30 January 2005, the World Heritage Centre received a fax-letter from China’s State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH), informing the secretariat that the Government of Beijing Municipality attached great importance to the conservation of the ...
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Ecuador,Fire,Senior Ecuadorian parks officials visited IUCN Headquarters in March to discuss possible inclusion of a marine reserve surrounding the islands in the Park.
This was strongly encouraged and a workshop on the topic is to be held later this ...
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India,Possible construction of a dam,The Committee at its 9th Session (Note: for the inscrption of the site on the World Heritage List) asked to be kept informed of possible construction of a dam on the Manas River.
This proposal has now been rejected and the threat to the reserve has been ...
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United States of America,Tourism Pressure.
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Tourism regulation; control of wildlife infection; invasive species eradication and control,The State Party provided via letter dated 30 January 2004 a detailed updated report on the situation of Yellowstone National Park.
IUCN received the State Party’s report on Yellowstone National Park noting ...
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Philippines,Lack of management mechanism (including legislation); Lack of human or financial resources.
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Natural erosion (landslides) through lack of maintenance ,The State Party submitted a state of conservation report to the World Heritage Centre, as requested by the 27th session of the World Heritage Committee.
At its 25th session in 2001, ...
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Australia,Road construction,A proposal for revocation of 390 ha of Lindeman Island for expansion of a holiday resort was tabled in the Queensland Legislative Assembly on 27 February 1986. Public interest in this action was high and on 12 March the proposal was withdrawn.
Another potential threat from a proposed silica mine at Shelburne Bay has been the subject of an ...
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China,Lack of management mechanism (including legislation); Lack of monitoring system; Fire,In accordance with Decision 27 COM 7B.44 adopted by the 27th Session of the World Heritage Committee, the State Party submitted a progress report on 21 January 2004. According to the report, the following actions addressing disaster and fire prevention have been taken: the ...
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Montenegro,Proposed dam project on the Tara River; boundary issues; ski development; logging.,Threats to Durmitor National Park by a hydropower plant project were already discussed at the World Heritage Committee in 1985, when the Committee identified the property “for possible inclusion on the List of World Heritage in Danger” and noted “This property ...
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Bulgaria,Development of a hotel and a ski resort ,The report requested at the 9th Committee meeting has not yet been ...
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Argentina,,Missiones Province in which this park is located has sent a request to the Argentine Congress requesting that the area in the vicinity of the falls be transferred to their administration in order that additional commercial facilities can be developed.
IUCN'sDirector General has sent an intervention to the President of the Republic noting that this is ...
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Senegal,,A new road across this park has been proposed.
Already suffering from intensive poaching the road could open up the park to further depredations.
An alternative route has been ...
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Turkmenistan,,
Illicit excavation at remote sites within the World Heritage protected area of Ancient Merv has been repeatedly noted with concern by Centre staff and UNESCO experts during missions. Since 2001, the Centre has organized, in close co-operation with CRATerre EAG experts, the planning of a systematic monitoring for a selection of monuments at the site ...
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Turkmenistan,Agriculture Pressure; Lack of capacity in conservation techniques, Lack of management mechanism (including legislation), Lack of Presentation and interpretation; Earthquake; Looting/Theft
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Lack of co-ordination among international teams working on-site. ,No new information has been received from the State Party. A mission to the Sultan ...
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,Urban pressure,The requested update report on the construction projects for the Minerva Tower (216m) and the London Bridge Tower (303m) in the vicinity of the World Heritage property had not been received at the time of the preparation of this ...
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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 ...
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Nepal,a) Uncontrolled urban development resulting in the loss of traditional urban fabric, in particular privately-owned houses;
b) Lack of coordinated management mechanism. ,On 1 February 2008, the State Party submitted a report on implementation of the integrated management plan (IMP). This includes state of conservation reports on each of the monument zones.
The ...
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Croatia,
Armed conflict (issue resolved)
Earthquake in September 1996 (issue resolved)
Need to extend the buffer zone
Large project in the vicinity of the property
Cruise ship tourism
Carrying capacity of the property
Planned Sport and recreation centre with golf course and tourist settlement (issue resolved)
,On 28 November 2022, the State Party submitted a state of ...