State of Conservation
50
Reports
50
Properties concerned
54
States Parties with SOC reports
Property Category:Naturalclose
Date Start:
2015close
Date end:2015close
States Parties: | Niger |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Erosion and siltation/ deposition Forestry /wood production Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Costa Rica |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Renewable energy facilities |
States Parties: | Belize |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Housing Invasive / alien marine species Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Oil and gas |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Brazil |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev |
Threats*: | Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Nepal |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure |
States Parties: | Côte d'Ivoire |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Fire (widlfires) Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Cameroon |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Mining Water infrastructure |
States Parties: | Spain |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Crop production Major linear utilities Mining Non-renewable energy facilities Oil and gas Pollution of marine waters Water (extraction) Water (rain/water table) |
Other Threats: | State of the Guadalquivir River and dredging project |
States Parties: | Thailand |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Forest fragmentation / Need for ecological corridors |
States Parties: | Solomon Islands |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev |
Threats*: | Changes to oceanic waters Commercial hunting Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Forestry /wood production Invasive/alien terrestrial species Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Mining Storms |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | United States of America |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Ground water pollution Housing Invasive / alien freshwater species Storms Surface water pollution Water infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Mercury contamination of fish and wildlife |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Russian Federation |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Major linear utilities |
States Parties: | Australia |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev |
Threats*: | Changes to oceanic waters Ground water pollution Marine transport infrastructure Non-renewable energy facilities Other climate change impacts Storms Surface water pollution Temperature change |
States Parties: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Mining War |
Other Threats: | Villages in the ecological corridor between the highland and lowland sectors of the park |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Kenya |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev |
Threats*: | Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Renewable energy facilities |
States Parties: | Russian Federation |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev |
Threats*: | Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Mining Surface water pollution Water (extraction) Water infrastructure |
States Parties: | Kenya |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev |
Threats*: | Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas Water infrastructure |
States Parties: | Chad |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Solid waste |
States Parties: | Russian Federation |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | necessity to strengthen the integrity within the property |
States Parties: | Indonesia |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Financial resources Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Nothofagus dieback |
States Parties: | Colombia |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | India |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Crop production Financial resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Water infrastructure |
States Parties: | Central African Republic |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Mexico |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Fire (widlfires) Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Reported decline in the overwintering population of Monarch butterfly |
States Parties: | Dominica |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Renewable energy facilities |
States Parties: | Côte d'Ivoire Guinea |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Financial resources Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Mining |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Russian Federation |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Marine transport infrastructure Oil and gas |
States Parties: | Senegal |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev |
Threats*: | Drought Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining Translocated species Water infrastructure |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Mining |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Kiribati |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources |
States Parties: | Philippines |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Madagascar |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Fire (widlfires) Governance Illegal activities Land conversion Mining Subsistence hunting |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Honduras |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Financial resources Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Central African Republic Congo Cameroon |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Mining |
States Parties: | United Republic of Tanzania |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev |
Threats*: | Financial resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Water infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Significant decline of wildlife populations due to poaching |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Japan |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
States Parties: | Ethiopia |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals |
Other Threats: | Declining populations of Walia ibex, Ethiopian wolf and other large mammal species |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Yemen |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Governance Ground transport infrastructure Invasive / alien marine species Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Solid waste |
States Parties: | Costa Rica Panama |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Water infrastructure |
States Parties: | Bangladesh |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Non-renewable energy facilities Storms |
Other Threats: | Dredging of the Pashur River |
States Parties: | China |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Mining Water infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Apparent decline in wildlife populations |
States Parties: | Indonesia |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Governance Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Land conversion Management systems/ management plan |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Russian Federation |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan Mining |
States Parties: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Oil and gas War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Russian Federation |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Fire (widlfires) Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Mining Renewable energy facilities |
Other Threats: | Decline in populations of wild reindeer and snow sheep |
States Parties: | Canada |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Water infrastructure |
States Parties: | China |
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Air pollution Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Surface water pollution |
States Parties
Albania Australia Austria Bangladesh Belgium Belize Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominica Ethiopia France Germany Guinea Honduras India Indonesia Italy Japan Kenya Kiribati Madagascar Mexico Nepal Niger North Macedonia Panama Philippines Poland Romania Russian Federation Senegal Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Spain Switzerland Thailand Ukraine United Republic of Tanzania United States of America YemenThreats
Illegal activities 27 Management systems/ management plan 26 Land conversion 16 Mining 15 Ground transport infrastructure 13 Water infrastructure 13 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 12 Civil unrest 11 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 8 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 8 Oil and gas 7 Legal framework 7 Financial resources 6 Housing 4 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 4 Major linear utilities 4 Renewable energy facilities 4 Surface water pollution 4 Forestry /wood production 4 War 4 Storms 4 Fire (widlfires) 4 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 3 Governance 3 Human resources 3 Marine transport infrastructure 2 Ground water pollution 2 Solid waste 2 Commercial hunting 2 Crop production 2 Water (extraction) 2 Changes to oceanic waters 2 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 2 Invasive / alien marine species 2 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Air pollution 1 Pollution of marine waters 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Water (rain/water table) 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Drought 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Temperature change 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 1 Translocated species 1 Management activities 1
* :
The threats indicated are listed in alphabetical order; their order does not constitute a classification according to the importance of their impact on the property.
Furthermore, they are presented irrespective of the type of threat faced by the property, i.e. with specific and proven imminent danger (“ascertained danger”) or with threats which could have deleterious effects on the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (“potential danger”).
** : All mission reports are not always available electronically.