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Iraq, War Illegal activities Major looting of Iraqi archaeological sites  Destruction and damage due to the armed conflict ,On 31 January 2022, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/277/documents/. Additional information was submitted on 4 March 2023. Progress in a number of conservation issues ...

The Classical Karst is part of the Dinaric Karst. Dinaric Karst is a typical karst landscape located in temperate latitudes, the largest continuous karst surface in Europe and belonging among the largest karst surfaces in the world. The karst landscape is the most widespread landscape type in Slovenia. Classical Karst covers the area between the Ljubljana Marsh ...

Category: Cultural property; cultural landscape, organically evolved and continuing. An architectural and landscape ensemble, listed by IPHAN as a heritage site in 1977, comprising its urban layout, monumental buildings, rows of houses, iron markets and urban furniture, squares and docks for boats. Its spatial configuration was established and consolidated between the 17th ...

L’île de Fogo ou l'île de São Filipe tel qu’elle était connue lors de sa découverte en 1460 par les Portugais, a été la deuxième île à être peuplée au Cabo Verde, entre 1470 et 1490. Son occupation a été initiée par des riches propriétaires de Ribeira Grande (Cidade Velha) et ses esclaves, suite à la lettre de limitation des privilèges de 1472 qui exigeait aux habitants de ...

The Torgau Castle Chapel is an outstanding prototype of the Protestant church building tradition. Integrated into Hartenfels Castle, it is located on the northern rim of the old town of Torgau (Saxony) on the banks of the Elbe River. The Saxon Elector Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous, counterpart to Emperor Charles V in the early years of the German Reformation, ...

Located on the island of Lesvos (North Aegean Region), one of the most important natural heritage monuments in the world, the Petrified Forest of Lesvos, is a unique testament to the ecosystem that once existed in the Aegean region during the Miocene Epoch. The forest consists of hundreds of fossilized trunks, standing or downed, coniferous or fruit-bearing, which are ...

Eshab-i Kehf –the Seven Sleepers- (the companions of cave) is a narrative illustrating the interaction of different cultures in a process dating from Paganism to Christianity and then to Islam. The incident of a very long sleep and re-awakening in a cave, which constitutes the essence of the parable, appears in a variety of religions and legends. They are described as 7 ...

France,a) Development pressures b) Environmental constraints c) Natural disasters (earthquakes, wind storms (1987 and 1999), earth slides) d) Tourism/ visitor pressure (including the intensification of fish/shell industries and pasture in the bay) e) Problems related to the presentation of the site: Car parking at the foot of the Mount, sign posts f) potential impact of ...

Mexico,Urban development pressure in regions directly surrounding the property.,A joint UNESCO/ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring mission was sent to Teotihuacan following a multitude of newspaper articles and letters from concerned organizations and individuals during the second half of 2004, which related to the construction of a supermarket in the vicinity of the World Heritage ...

Panama,a)  Fragile state of the property and accelerated degradation by environmental factors, lack of maintenance and limited conservation planning; b)  Erosion c)  Lack of established boundaries and buffer zone; d)  Absence of a conservation and management plan; e)  Encroachments and urban pressure; f)  Tourism pressure (particularly at Portobelo) g)  Insufficient ...

Yemen,Threats identified at the time of inscription of the property in 2008: Legal frameworks, governance and management systems; Ground transport infrastructure: roading; Livestock grazing: sheep, goat and cattle; Invasive species; Fishing and collection of marine resources; Solid waste: primarily in and around main settlements. ,In November 2012, IUCN conducted a ...

Peru, Fires in 1998 and 2001 (issue resolved);  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 ...

Afghanistan, Risk of imminent collapse of the Giant Buddha niches Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintings Looting, illicit traffic and illegal excavations of cultural heritage assets Continued use of certain heritage areas for military posts Anti-personnel mines and unexploded ordinances (i.e. munitions) (issue resolved) Development pressure ,On 23 February 2016, ...

Spain, Oil and gas (Potential impacts from infrastructural projects in the vicinity of the property, including gas storage) Mining (Proposed re-opening of Aznalcóllar mine upstream of the property) Water infrastructure (Proposed upgrading of a dam upstream of the property) Water (extraction) (Unsustainable use of water with impacts on the Doñana aquifer) Water ...

Lebanon, Need for an international safeguarding campaign (issue resolved) Construction of a tourist complex (land fill of the bay) (issue resolved) Construction project of a large fish market (issue resolved) Construction project of a coastal motorway (issue resolved) Project to build a new tourist marina (issue resolved) Road construction project (issue resolved) Need for ...

Pakistan, Housing; Land conversion (Encroachments and urban pressure) Management systems/management plan (Inadequate management mechanisms; lack of definition of boundaries of the Lahore Fort and Shalamar Gardens) Legal framework (Incomplete legislation) Financial resources (Lack of sufficient financial resources to implement management mechanisms) Underground transport ...

Pakistan, Deliberate destruction of heritage Earthquake Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Illegal activities Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts Solid waste Other Threats: Stability of the foundations (earth mechanics) of the Jam Nizamuddin II tomb ,On 27 January 2020, and 1 February 2021, the State ...

Mongolia,Russian Federation, Mining (Mongolia) Management systems / management plans (Transboundary management coordination) (Mongolia and Russian Federation) Illegal activities (Short of coordinated capacities to prevent and minimize the effects of hunting, poaching and other threats to the integrity of the property) (Mongolia and Russian Federation) Financial and human ...

Pakistan, Deliberate destruction of heritage Earthquake Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Illegal activities Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts Solid waste Flooding Other Threats: Stability of the foundations (earth mechanics) of the Jam Nizamuddin II tomb ,On 22 January 2024, the State Party ...

The heritage-related Cooperation Agreement between the Kingdom of Spain and UNESCO was signed in Paris on 18 April 2002 by Mr Francisco Villar, Spanish Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, and the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura. Spain adopted the World Heritage Convention in May 1982 and, with the signing of the Cooperation Agreement, reaffirmed ...