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Romania,Proposed Dracula Park construction project,As requested by the 25th session of the Committee, a joint UNESCO-ICOMOS mission was undertaken to the site from 22 to 28 March 2002. The full report of the joint mission is contained in the Working Document WHC-02/CONF.202/INF.11. The general aim of the mission was to assess the different impacts the building of such a ...

Mauritania, Illegal fishing; Mechanical shellfish harvesting; Oil exploitation; Tourism and increased accessibility due to the new Nouadhibou-Nouakchott road; Lack of management capacity and resources.  ,A joint World Heritage Centre/IUCN reactive monitoring mission visited the property from 6-13 January 2014. A report is available at ...

Cameroon, Lack of entire approval and implementation of management plan Agricultural and forest encroachment Mining exploitation project close to the property Industrial agriculture in the buffer zone Threats exerted by commercial hunting and deforestation around the property Mékin hydroelectric dam Poaching ,On 7 February 2016, the State Party submitted a report on the ...

Argentina,Belgium,France,Germany,India,Japan,Switzerland,Threats identified at the time of inscription in 2016: Management and institutional factors, including: Need to introduce Heritage Impact Assessment procedures for proposed development at all component sites Lack of monitoring indicators for all component sites and of agreed overall conservation approaches and ...

Yemen, Legal frameworks, governance and management systems Uncontrolled developments including ground transport infrastructure: road network Unsustainable use of natural resources Absence of adequate biosecurity measures to avoid the introduction of invasive alien species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Solid waste: ...

Egypt, Rise of the underground water table level and ensuing damage to the structures Impact on structures due to earth trembling and other forms of damage likely to result from the use of heavy earth-moving equipment (works completed) Lack of conservation plan, defining short-, medium-, and long-term objectives and establishing technical parameters (materials, techniques, ...

Croatia,Italy,Montenegro,Factors identified at the time of inscription: Lack of a framework for ‘Heritage Impact Assessment’ for development proposals Need to revise the buffer zones  Lack of management plans for each component  Intrusive and redundant elements within the serial components Lack of a Tourism Carrying Capacity study and of visitor management plans Lack of a ...

Mali, Insufficient site management means Illicit trafficking of cultural property Instable security situation Intercommunity conflict between the Dogons and the Fulani ,On 29 November 2019, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report on the property, available at http://whc.unesco.org/en/list516/documents/, followed, on 28 January 2020, by additional ...

Mexico, Illegal activities - Illegal logging Land conversion - Agricultural encroachment Forest fires (issue resolved) Decline in the overwintering population of Monarch butterflies in the property  Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation (tourism pressures associated with growth in visitor numbers and heavy concentration in specific areas) Major visitor accommodation ...

Mali, No management and conservation plan Pressure from urban development Deterioration of dwellings Waste disposal problems Encroachment of the archaeological sites Instable security situation ,On 31 January 2022, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation, (available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/116/documents/), providing the following ...

Libya, Conflict situation prevailing in the country   Torrential rains Fires ,On 27 January 2022 and 28 February 2023, the State Party submitted state of conservation reports, the executive summaries of which are available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/362/documents/. Progress in a number of conservation issues addressed by the Committee at its previous sessions, and ...

Nepal, Management Systems/Management Plan Management activities Legal framework Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses Commercial Development (Impact of the new structure of the Maya Devi Temple constructed in 2002 on the archaeological remains and the main sight lines of the property) Interpretative and visitation facilities Air pollution Housing Industrial ...

Mexico, Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Illegal activities (illegal fishing) Serious concerns about the imminent extinction of an endemic porpoise species (vaquita) and conservation status of a marine fish (totoaba) ,On 31 January 2024, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, available at ...

Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan), Natural risk factors Lack of planning, governance and management processes Alteration of the urban and social fabric Impact of archaeological excavations Deterioration of monuments Urban environment and visual integrity Traffic, access and circulation ,A report was provided to the World Heritage Centre by the Israeli Permanent ...

This site includes three railways. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway was the first, and is still the most outstanding, example of a hill passenger railway. Opened in 1881, its design applies bold and ingenious engineering solutions to the problem of establishing an effective rail link across a mountainous terrain of great beauty. The construction of the Nilgiri Mountain ...

Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, also known as Thiruvaranga Tirupati, is one of the most illustrious Vaishnav[1] temples in the country, dedicated to Ranganatha, a reclining form of Hindu deity, Bhagwan (God or Lord) Vishnu. Situated in an ethereal setting on the island of Srirangam that is bounded by the two rivers of Cauvery and Kollidam (a ...

La ville est située dans une vaste vallée appartenant aux États de Puebla et de Tlaxcala, à la latitude de 19°02' nord et à la longitude de 98°15' ouest par rapport au méridien de Greenwich. À l'ouest, le paysage naturel est marqué par les reliefs volcaniques de la Sierra Nevada, avec comme plus hauts sommets le Popocatepetl, qui atteint 5 452 mètres et l'Iztacihuatl, ...

Chott El Jerid est situé dans la partie continentale du sud-ouest du pays. Site partagé entre le Gouvernorat de Tozeur et le Gouvernorat de Kebili. Villes les plus proches : Tozeur (au nord- ouest) et Kebili (au sud-est). Il s'étend sur une superficie de 586.187ha. Le Chott El Jerid est une vaste dépression salée, située entre la chaîne de montagnes du Cherb au nord et le ...

Russian Federation,a) Structural integrity of the Church of the Transfiguration ; b) Absence of an integrated management plan that addresses overall management of the World Heritage property ; c) Tourism development pressures affecting the property.,The World Heritage Committee during its 33rd session, appreciating the continuing efforts by the Kizhi Museum Reserve to ...

The Oglakhty Range is located on the left bank  of the Yenisei  (Krasnoyarsk Reservoir)  and represents a system of low-lying ranges with a great number of Devonian red sandstone rock exposures   providing a picturesque landscape on  the one hand, and its human use throughout thousands years on the other hand. Thousands of rock paintings related to different historic ...