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11661.
United Republic of Tanzania,
Management system/management plan
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Development and environmental pressures, particularly in relation with Malindi port project (issue resolved)
Natural disasters and lack of risk-preparedness
Visitors/tourist pressures
Housing pressure
Lack of human and financial resources
Lack of legal ...
11662.
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 ...
11663.
China,
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure (Expansion of tourism-related facilities in and adjacent to the boundary of the property)
Ground transport infrastructure (Negative impact of the rehabilitation projects on the protection of the traditional urban tissue of the historic centre)
Deliberate destruction of heritage
Housing (Uncontrolled urban ...
11664.
Thailand,
Illegal activities (Poaching and illegal logging)
Ground transport infrastructure (Road expansion, in particular regarding Highway 304)
Land conversion (Encroachment)
Management systems/management plan
Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Water infrastructure (Dams)
Livestock farming/grazing of ...
11665.
Bangladesh,
Pollution of marine waters
Changes to oceanic waters (High level of salinity, sea level rise)
Water infrastructure (Reduction in freshwater inflows, dredging of the Pashur River)
Management systems/management plan (Overall governance and management of the property)
Storms (Loss of monitoring capacity due to cyclone damage)
Illegal activities (Tiger ...
11666.
Uzbekistan,
Ground transport infrastructure (Large-scale development projects such as road building)
Housing (Traditional housing and proposed demolition of mahalla residential areas)
Management deficiency (Impact of urban landscaping programme on the authenticity and integrity of the property)
Management Systems/Management Plan (Lack of strategic approach to urban ...
11667.
India,
Civil unrest (Forced evacuation of Park staff) (issue resolved)
Illegal activities (Poaching and illegal logging)
Crop production (Subsistence agriculture inside the property)
Financial resources (Slow release of funds by central Government)
Invasive/alien terrestrial species
Impact of tourism/visitor/recreation (Uncontrolled infrastructure development by local ...
11668.
Albania,
Ground transport infrastructure (planned by-pass road project and conversion of the bazaar into a pedestrian area in Gjirokastra)
Housing
Illegal activities (illegal construction dating from the late 1990s and later on)
High impact research/monitoring activities (lack of specific monitoring indicators)
Governance (lack of detailed tourism development plan and lack ...
11669.
The property Mughal Forts in Fluvial Terrains in Dhaka consists of four sites associated with the Mughal military and administrative establishment in Bengal. The sites include three naval forts in the outskirts of Dhaka City: Hajiganj Fort, Sonakanda Fort and Idrakpur Fort, and one palace fort Lalbagh Fort in Dhaka City. The forts were established by the Mughal Subahdars ...
11670.
L'oasis de la région de Gabès est une ancienne oasis traditionnelle littorale qui doit son existence à trois ressources naturelles et patrimoniales: (i) Un sol, généralement sablonneux, qui à travers du temps a acquis sa caractéristique propre suite à l'utilisation des engrais naturels. (ii) Une eau jaillissante aux endroits où les nappes profondes affleuraient à la ...
11671.
Indonesia,a) Road construction;
b) Agricultural encroachment;
c) Illegal logging;
d) Poaching;
e) Institutional and governance weaknesses.,On 10 February 2012, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, providing an overview of actions carried out to address key threats to the property, including road construction, mining, and illegal ...
11672.
Russian Federation,a) Lack of management plan ;
b) Weakening of conservation controls and laws;
c) Impacts of proposed tourism infrastructure development for Olympic Games;
d) Road construction;
e) Deforestation. ,On 27 January 2010, a report on the state of conservation of the property was submitted by the State Party, together with a map indicating the location of ...
11673.
Orvieto rises on a natural tableland at the summit of a 150-metre-high tufa cliff emerging, much like an island, from the surrounding plains. The city's distinctive feature comes from the particular relationship between this sheer cliff and the fabric of the city dominated by its imposing cathedral.Oriveto is of Etruscan origin with the more ancient traces dating back ...
11674.
Le chapelet d'oasis de Tighmert, riche en éléments archéologiques, constituait le chef-lieu de la ville de Nul-Lamta, l'agglomération, capitale médiévale de la rive Nord-Ouest saharienne jusqu'au XVIe siècle. Il se présente aujourd'hui comme une série de palmeraies relevant de la commune rurale d'Asrir à 12 km au Sud-est de la ville de Goulmim à 200 km au Sud d'Agadir. Ce ...
11675.
Shaped like an irregular pentagon, the Historic Center of Manila, known since the late 19th Century as Intramuros, is a 0.67 square kilometer area tied to and woven with the country’s historical narrative from the pre-colonial period to the present. For more than three centuries it was the capital of the Spanish colonial empire in the Far East. It captures, as a landscape, ...
11676.
Argentina,a) Proposed development of hydropower dams;
b) Uncoordinated developments;
c) Lack of transboundary cooperation;
d) Lack of sustainable financing;
e) Problems associated with public use;
f) Lack of a comprehensive public use plan. ,As requested by Decision 31 COM 7B.38, the State Party of Argentina provided on 19 March 2008 an invitation in coordination ...
11677.
Georgia,
Lack of a management mechanism (issue resolved)
Lack of definition of the unified buffer zone
Lack of Urban Master Plan of the City of Mtskheta
Insufficient coordination between the Georgian Church and the national authorities (issue resolved)
Privatisation of surrounding land
Natural erosion of stone
Loss of authenticity during previous works carried out by the ...
11678.
Kazakhstan,
Management System/Management Plan (Newly developed Master Plan; Conservation and Management Plan)
Buildings and Development (Urban high rise/changes to skyline; Construction of a new mosque)
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Interpretative and visitation facilities
,An ICOMOS Advisory mission visited the property in May 2018. The mission ...
11679.
South Africa,
Land conversion by slash and burn agriculture
Management systems/ management plan
Prospective mining and offshore exploratory drilling
Lack of institution coordination
Drop in ground and Lake Sibaya water levels
Management of the St Lucia estuary
,On 1 February 2022, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, available at ...
11680.
Suriname,
Legal framework
Management systems/ management plan
,On 11 November 2022, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/940/documents/, which reported the following:
The draft designs of the Waterfront in the framework of the Paramaribo Urban Rehabilitation Programme (PURP), were submitted on 3 December ...