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Cameroon, Mining exploitation project close to the property Lack of implementation and full approval and of the management plan Agricultural and forest encroachment Industrial agriculture of Hévéa in the contiguous zone Threats exerted by commercial hunting and deforestation around the property Mekin hydroelectric dam Poaching Risk of loss of ecological connectivity ,On 24 ...

Chad,Factors identified at the time of inscription in 2016: Need to strengthen the legal protection status of the property and to extend the property to include all attributes of the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) Inadequate management plan and lack of management authority Need for a zonation which allows full protection of the key areas for biodiversity Need to ...

Viet Nam, Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community (Population growth) Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Housing Industrial areas Financial and human resources Management systems / management plan ,On 30 November 2022, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, available at ...

Republic of Korea, Management systems/ management plan (Development of a sustainable tourism management plan) Commercial development; Housing (High-rise developments in the vicinity of the component parts) ,On 1 February 2024, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, a summary of which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1319/documents/. The ...

Beijing & Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China,The Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road, known as the Belt and Road Initiative or One Belt One Road, focuses on connectivity and cooperation among more than 60 countries, representing more than a third of the global economy and more than half of the World’s population. The scope and extent of the Belt ...

Democratic Republic of the Congo,a) Armed conflict, lack of security and political instability; b) Poaching by the army and armed groups; c) Conflicts with local communities concerning Park boundaries; d) Impact of villages located within the property. ,On 2 February 2012, a report on the state of conservation of the property was submitted by the State Party with ...

Iraq, Legal Framework Need to conduct further studies regarding minimum water flows, to confirm the biodiversity within the property and its surrounding landscapes Incomplete designation of all the components of the property as legally protected areas Need to regulate oil and gas concessions, and other potentially impacting activities in the buffer zones of the ...

Name of element Central Point Latitude Longitude Altitude No. in the Military Map of Portugal Border Garrison Town of Elvas and its fortifications Castle’s Keep 38º 52’ 50.413’’N -7º 09’ 51.822’’W 324m 414 Stronghold of Almeida Liberty Square 40º 43’ 29’’ N -6º 54’ 23’’ W 750m 183 Fortress of Marvão Pelourinho Square 39º 23’ ...

In Europe the limes was established under Augustus was moved ahead under Domitian, Trajan, Hadrian and Antoninus Pius between the rivers Rhine and Danube, in the territory of the United Kingdom and Romania, was moved back under Gallienus and Aurelian in the 3rd century, and given up in the course of the 5th century. The boundary of this late Roman sector is in the Balkan, ...

Mount Kitanglad Range Natural Park: N8 8 34 E124 54 45 Mount Kalatungan Range Natural Park: N7 57 18 E124 48 09 Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park (MKRNP) and Mt. Kalatungan Range Natural Park (MKaRNP) are legislated protected areas located in the Province of Bukidnon, Northern Mindanao, Philippines. Both are cultural and biodiversity important areas with unique landscapes ...

In March 2012, the Cultural Heritage Administration of the Republic of Korea (CHA) and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC)  launched the Patrimonito National Storyboard Competition, Republic of Korea. Of the 143 student submissions, 10 of the storyboards were selected by the Korean Cultural Heritage Administration and were then sent to the UNESCO World ...

Peru, Fires in 1998 and 2001 (issue resolved);  Non-formalization of the procedures to set up a Management Coordination Unit to implement the Strategic Plan; Revision of the Master and Strategic Plans; New development projects within the Historic Centre including urban transportation systems (Corredor Segregado) and interventions in historical buildings; Development of the ...

Kenya,a) Illegal Forest resource extraction; b) Community-wildlife conflict; c) Poaching; d) Excisions from the property. ,IUCN, through its World Commission on Protected Areas (IUCN WCPA) received reports in October 2007 of fencing encroaching on the boundaries of the World Heritage property. Further investigation suggests that the fence would create a barrier ...

India,a) Infrastructure construction near inscribed monuments; b) Lack of management mechanism; c) Lack of building and land-use regulations; d) Tourism development pressures.,A series of consultative meetings were organised from 3 to 6 August 2005 in Hampi and Bangalore, financed under the World Heritage Fund,to review the management planning process. Through the active ...

Indonesia,Mining, Oil/Gas Exploration; Lack of human or financial resources; Lack of institution coordination. ,In January 2004 IUCN undertook a mission to the site, responding to the invitation extended by the State Party in March 2003. The State Party delegation included representatives from the Indonesian Protected Area Management Agency (PHKA) and Natural ...

Côte d'Ivoire, Severe impact caused by heavy wildlife poaching and organized hunting, Human encroachment particularly by local agricultural communities, Influx of refugees from the neighbouring countries of Sierra Leone and Liberia ,IUCN has  received a copy of the 2001 Tropenbos Côte d’Ivoire report La chasse et la filière viande de brousse dans ...

Romania,Proposed Dracula Park construction project,WHC: The Centre has been informed through several press releases of the official decision of the Romanian authorities to relocate the proposed theme park, which was planned in the immediate vicinity of the World Heritage site. No official information from the national authorities had been received by the deadline of 1 ...

Russian Federation, Lack of joint management system between national, local and religious authorities (issue resolved); Lack of monitoring mechanisms; Lack of appropriate legal measures and rules for conservation, restoration, management and use of World Heritage properties of religious interest. ,In August 2013, a joint World Heritage Centre/ ICOMOS/ICCROM monitoring ...

Malawi, Need for a new management plan  Growing population within the Park, heavily dependent on fish and wood as principal resource (issue already mentioned and resolved in the past)  Oil exploration/exploitation ,On 1 February 2014, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report. Subsequently, a joint UNESCO/IUCN reactive monitoring mission visited the property ...

China, Apparent decline in wildlife populations Dams and related infrastructure Lack of clarity of property boundaries Mining Inadequate management planning, including tourism planning ,On 26 January 2015, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1083/documents. The State Party highlights the ...