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State of Conservation

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Reports
448
Properties concerned
123
States Parties with SOC reports
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States Parties: Poland
Year: 1988
Document Source: SC-88/CONF.001/8,SC-88/CONF.007/5
Threats*: Relative humidity Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Gradual degradation
States Parties: Poland
Year: 1984
Document Source: SC/84/CONF.004/4
Threats*: Relative humidity Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Gradual deterioration
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1995
Document Source: WHC-95/CONF.203/5,WHC-95/CONF.203/5 Add.1
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1994
Document Source: WHC-94/CONF.001/3B Add.1
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Problems with landowners resident in the site and aboriginal concerns
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2002
Document Source: WHC-02/CONF.202/17
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure
States Parties: Canada
Year: 1992
Document Source: CLT-92/CONF.003/3,WHC-92/CONF.002/12
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Localised utilities Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Bison herd infected with either tuberculosis and/or brucellosis
States Parties: Canada
Year: 1991
Document Source: SC-91/CONF.002/4 Add.
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Localised utilities Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Bison herd infected with either tuberculosis and/or brucellosis
States Parties: Canada
Year: 1990
Document Source: CC-90/CONF.004/13
Threats*: Localised utilities Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Bison herd infected with either tuberculosis and/or brucellosis
States Parties: Canada
Year: 1989
Document Source: SC-89/CONF.003/12,SC-89/CONF.003/2,SC-89/CONF.004/12,SC-89/CONF.004/5
Threats*: Localised utilities
Other Threats: 50% of the bison herd infected with either tuberculosis and/or brucellosis
States Parties: Canada
Year: 1985
Document Source: SC-85/CONF.008/9
Threats*: Water infrastructure
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Underground transport infrastructure
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Underground transport infrastructure
States Parties: China
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Flooding Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 1994
Document Source: WHC-94/CONF.003/6,WHC-94/CONF.003/6 Add.
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Flooding Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 1991
Document Source: SC-91/CONF.002/3
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
States Parties: Japan
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Air pollution Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Input of excess energy Invasive / alien freshwater species Management systems/ management plan Mining Surface water pollution
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 2006
Document Source: WHC-06/30.COM/7B
Threats*: Air pollution Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Input of excess energy Invasive / alien freshwater species Mining
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Management systems/ management plan 1207 Housing 539 Illegal activities 474 Ground transport infrastructure 374 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 351 Management activities 249 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 239 Financial resources 239 Legal framework 207 Land conversion 205 Mining 187 Human resources 177 Water (rain/water table) 145 Water infrastructure 144 Civil unrest 135 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 131 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 126 Deliberate destruction of heritage 110 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 104 Surface water pollution 82 Interpretative and visitation facilities 80 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 79 Commercial development 78 Solid waste 77 Forestry /wood production 74 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 66 War 66 Storms 65 Oil and gas 64 Crop production 61 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 61 Earthquake 58 Relative humidity 55 Major linear utilities 54 Marine transport infrastructure 51 Flooding 46 Air pollution 40 Water (extraction) 36 Fire (widlfires) 36 Governance 32 Localised utilities 31 Invasive / alien freshwater species 29 Wind 27 Input of excess energy 25 Subsistence hunting 23 Industrial areas 22 Air transport infrastructure 22 Avalanche/ landslide 22 Society's valuing of heritage 21 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 20 High impact research / monitoring activities 20 Renewable energy facilities 19 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 19 Commercial hunting 16 Quarrying 16 Underground transport infrastructure 15 Ground water pollution 14 Temperature 14 Micro-organisms 11 Other climate change impacts 11 Invasive / alien marine species 10 Pollution of marine waters 9 Desertification 9 Temperature change 8 Volcanic eruption 8 Drought 7 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 6 Terrorism 4 Translocated species 4 Radiation/light 3 Tsunami/tidal wave 3 Non-renewable energy facilities 2 Pests 2 Military training 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 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.


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