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Portugal,Lack of Management Planning; urban and tourism development pressure.   ,In response to the Committee’s requests since 1995 and an international mission to the property, the State Party provided the first comprehensive Management Plan for the entire property since its inscription.  The document consists of both a phased action plan and an ...
State of Conservation Score 8.333246 Date 06/2005
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Oman, Boundary question Management regime Legal status of the different components ,In 1997, the authorities of Oman submitted an interim zoning plan that foresaw a new outer boundary, and provisional boundaries for five management zones. In addition, they provided brief descriptions of their plans for implementing several projects and a report on the population status of ...
State of Conservation Score 8.286993 Date 11/1998
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India,Lack of management structure and management plan ,On 1 February 2011, a report on the state of conservation of the property was submitted by the State Party. The report provides a detailed account of the progress made on the development of the management plan and also details of various interventions carried out at the property to individual monuments. The ...
State of Conservation Score 8.281065 Date 05/2011
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Austria,Hungary,,At the inscription of the property, the Committee encouraged the States Parties to provide within two years of inscription a revised management plan for the enlarged area resulting from the revised boundaries of the cultural landscape. This Management Plan was to reflect the need for management structures to sustain the qualities of the cultural landscape, ...
State of Conservation Score 8.270972 Date 06/2004
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Oman,a) Poaching ; b) Gas and oil exploration ; c) Overgrazing by domestic stock ; d) Boundary marking, management planning and management regime.,The State Party has provided a report on 10 February 2006 informing of the measures taken to address the main management threats to the property. The establishment of trained and equipped ranger units within the ...
State of Conservation Score 8.250839 Date 06/2006
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,Visitor centre developments; Lack of a Management Plan and management system.,On 4 February 2005 the State Party provided as a follow-up to the 2003 mission, a copy of the final Draft of the Management Plan.  The Management Plan commissioned by the Environment and Heritage Service of the Department of the ...
State of Conservation Score 8.248244 Date 06/2005
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Copenhagen, Denmark,The purpose of this workshop is to raise awareness among World Heritage site managers regarding the use of the IUCN/UNESCO Enhancing Our Heritage (EoH) toolkit, in particular test its applicability for cultural sites. The meeting is organized by Denmark's Cultural Heritage Agency in cooperation with NWHF. The target group is World Heritage site managers ...
Events Score 8.243128 Date 04/2009
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Indonesia, Management systems/ Management Plan (Establishment of a new Management Board) Housing (Finalization of appropriate land-use regulations in view of development pressure) Society's valuing of heritage (Involvement of the residents as stakeholders in property management) Control over sand mining (issue resolved) Interpretative and visitation facilities ,On 29 ...
State of Conservation Score 8.235981 Date 05/2018
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Poland,Lack of a management plan,The state of conservation report submitted on 31 January 2006 outlined the implementation of the second stage of the Governmental Strategic Programme for the Oświęcim Area for the years 2002-2006. The State Party had also informed the World Heritage Centre by letter on 7 April 2005 of progress made in the preparation of a management plan ...
State of Conservation Score 8.229055 Date 06/2006
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Since January 2006, the Malian authorities have been developing a management and conservation plan for Timbuktu, a World Heritage site since 1988. In March 2006, a management committee made up of the imams of the three mosques, representatives of all local areas, tour guides, and municipal and administrative authorities was officially created by municipal decree. The ...
News Score 8.215469 Date 04/2006
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On November 9 2020, the Africa Unit of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and ICCROM experts met online to develop a project that will contribute to capacity-building in disaster risk management and protection systems for World Heritage sites in Africa. The project will be implemented in two phases: a series of online webinars, followed by a visit to an African World ...
News Score 8.203252 Date 11/2020
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Commercial development in the area surrounding the site Redevelopment of a complex for visitor facilities Need for an integrated management plan ,WHC: UNESCO and IUCN carried out a monitoring mission to this site from 16 to 19 February 2003, as requested by the 26th session of the Committee. The mission team was ...
State of Conservation Score 8.186101 Date 06/2003
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"Management systems are described and defined in paragraphs 108-118 of the Operational Guidelines. Specifically, paragraph 108 states that “Each nominated property should have an appropriate management plan or other documented management system which must specify how the Outstanding Universal Value of a property should be preserved, preferably through participatory ...
FAQ Score 8.185873 Date 11/2022
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Uzbekistan,Lack of a comprehensive conservation and management plan.,World Heritage Centre staff members visited Shakhrisyabz from 21-23 October 2006. As a result of this visit, the Board of Monuments of Shakhrisyabz has agreed to develop a site management plan based on the property’s Outstanding Universal Value, reflected in three main attributes: a) The major ...
State of Conservation Score 8.172461 Date 05/2007
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Zimbabwe,,Upon the request of the World Heritage Committee at the time of the inscription of Matobo Hills on the World Heritage List (27 COM 8C.59), the World Heritage Centre received the Matobo Hills Management Plan in December 2004.  When this property was presented to the 27th session of the World Heritage Committee (UNESCO, 2003), ICOMOS recommended deferring the ...
State of Conservation Score 8.155606 Date 06/2005
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Montenegro,a) Earthquake damage; b) Lack of management planning; c) Urban development and urban pressure. ,The State Party submitted a progress report at the end of January 2006, which addresses both progress in the preparation of the management plan for the World Heritage property, and the impact of the proposed bridge at the Verige Strait at the entrance of the ...
State of Conservation Score 8.15332 Date 06/2006
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Bam County, Islamic Republic of Iran,Stakeholders' Meeting for the Comprehensive Management Plan for Bam and its Cultural Landscape, IranThis is the sixth Stakeholders' Meeting for the final draft of a comprehensive management plan for the World Heritage property of Bam and it Cultural Landscape, Iran. Topics to be discussed include environmental protection of the ...
Events Score 8.151587 Date 04/2007
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Peru, Fragility of its adobe structures; Occupation of land by farmers; Need of a management plan ,The Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee approved in 1997 an amount of US$ 20,000 under technical cooperation for the preparation of a management plan for Chan Chan. The Government of Peru submitted on 16 July 1998 a progress report on the preparation of the management ...
State of Conservation Score 8.146264 Date 09/1998
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India, Management systems / Management Plan (lack of an Integrated Master Plan of Nalanda; need for strengthened approaches to visitor management and interpretation) Other (lack of appropriate documentation to establish the authenticity of the property) ,On 13 December 2019, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which is available at ...
State of Conservation Score 8.133739 Date 06/2021
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Italy,a) Lack of continuous maintenance and monitoring of the urban fabric; b) Weaknesses in coordinating the complex safeguarding and development process; lack of management plan; c) Lack of formal clarifications of the delimitations of the property; lack of a buffer zone.,On 31 January 2011, a report on the state of conservation was submitted by the State Party. The ...
State of Conservation Score 8.1220045 Date 05/2011
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation (Need to develop tourism management and interpretation plans) Management systems/Management Plan (Need to further develop the monitoring system to ensure coordination between the monitoring bodies) ,On 26 February 2019, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation, which is ...
State of Conservation Score 8.121157 Date 05/2019
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Mauritius, Development project including 6 hotels  Incomplete implementation of parts of the Management Plan ,On 30 November 2017, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report. A joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS Advisory mission visited the property in November 2016 to advise on the implementation of Decision 40 COM 7B.14. Both reports are available at ...
State of Conservation Score 8.115221 Date 05/2018
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,a) Visitor centre developments; b) Lack of a management plan and management system. ,At its 29th session (Durban, 2005) the World Heritage Committee requested the State Party to expedite efforts to finalize the redevelopment of the visitor centre, which was partially demolished after a fire in 2000, and report to ...
State of Conservation Score 8.115108 Date 05/2008
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Mexico,a) Urban development pressures in areas surrounding the property; b) Lack of management plan.,On 2 February 2010, the Management Plan was submitted by the State Party, including various annexes, one of which provides responses to the requests made by the World Heritage Committee at its 33rd session (Seville, 2009). On 18 March 2010, a document entitled – State ...
State of Conservation Score 8.094601 Date 06/2010
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Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino and Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California(both located in Baja California, Mexico). The Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino site has been inscribed on the World Heritage List since 1993. It is the only calving and nursery area for the Eastern Pacific gray whale population, which traditionally travels there each season from the ...
News Score 8.088268 Date 10/2011
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Greece, Forest fire in 1990 (issue resolved) Overgrazing (issue resolved) Chemical pollution (issue resolved) Proposed hydrodam construction (issue resolved) Need for a forest management plan (issue resolved) Devastating fire at the Hilandry Monastery on Mount Athos in March 2004 Lack of overall management plan; Excessive road construction; Timber extraction Lack of ...
State of Conservation Score 8.087687 Date 06/2012
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Uruguay,a) Inappropriate architectural and urban design for a marina and hotel-casino in a building block at the old harbour; b) Lack of a comprehensive participatory Management Plan for the Historic Quarter.,The State Party submitted a state of conservation report on the property on 1 February 2012 and also submitted the Management Plan for the property as requested by ...
State of Conservation Score 8.079695 Date 05/2012
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Spain,a) Urban development pressure (Projects at “Huerto de las Adoratrices”, “Plaza de los Bandos” and “Vaguada de la Palma”); b) Lack of comprehensive Management Plan.,Since 2002, the World Heritage Committee has been expressing concern about the lack of a comprehensive Management Plan and various urban development projects, in ...
State of Conservation Score 8.077652 Date 05/2012
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South Africa,a) Visitor pressure; b) Lack of comprehensive Conservation Management Plan; c) Lack of specific annual plans of operation; d) Lack of human resources; e) Difficulties with operational aspects of maintenance and conservation implementation including lack of preventive maintenance funding and programming; f) Lack of appropriate conservation of the built ...
State of Conservation Score 8.068161 Date 05/2007
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Bulgaria, Commercial development (developments in the Bansko ski zone) Management systems/ management plan (lack of effective management mechanisms) Management and institutional factors (boundary issues) Illegal activities (illegal logging)  ,On 26 November 2019, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, available at ...
State of Conservation Score 8.067242 Date 06/2021
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Turkmenistan,Lack of interpretation and visitor management plan.,At its 32nd session (Quebec City, 2008), the World Heritage Committee requested the State Party to submit a interpretation and visitor management plan and to provide three copies of the completed management plan. The State Party submitted its report on 28 January 2009. A summary management plan activities ...
State of Conservation Score 8.061636 Date 05/2009
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Andorra,Delay in the finalization of the Management Plan and completion of the entomological inventory for the property,On 1 February 2012, in application of the decision taken at its 34th session (Brasilia, 2010) by the World Heritage Committee, the State Party submitted three examples of the revised Management Plan concerning the property, in Catalan and French, as well ...
State of Conservation Score 8.060013 Date 05/2012
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Bulgaria, Developments in the Bansko ski zone; Lack of effective management mechanisms; Boundary issues; Illegal logging.  ,On 24 January 2014, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/225/documents. The report provides the following information: The proposal from ...
State of Conservation Score 8.056501 Date 04/2014
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Montenegro,a) Earthquake damage; b) Lack of management planning; c) Urban development and urban pressure. ,The World Heritage Committee did not examine the report on the state of conservation of the World Heritage property of Kotor at its 30th session.By its notification of succession dated 26 April 2007, the Republic of Montenegro is a party to the World Heritage ...
State of Conservation Score 8.056252 Date 05/2007
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Russian Federation,Lack of management plan ,When the property was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2004, the World Heritage Committee requested the State Party to urgently prepare a management plan and implementation strategy, and requested the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies to undertake a mission, in co-operation with the State Party, in ...
State of Conservation Score 8.048801 Date 05/2008
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Korca, Albania,The first Management Planning Workshop took place on 25 and 26 March 2015 in Korca, Albania, in the framework of the project “Towards strengthened governance of the shared transboundary natural and cultural heritage of the Lake Ohrid Region”, a three-year European Union and UNESCO initiative to reinforce the protection and sustainable development of the Lake ...
Events Score 8.047689 Date 03/2015
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