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State of Conservation

156
Reports
156
Properties concerned
88
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 2016close
Date end:2016close
States Parties: Suriname
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Saudi Arabia
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: High rate of decay of the historic houses
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Financial resources Housing Human resources Land conversion Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Peru
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Pakistan
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Management activities Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts Solid waste
Other Threats: Stability of the foundations (earth mechanics) of the Jam Nizamuddin tomb
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Chile
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Wind
Other Threats: Extremely fragile nature of the industrial buildings that were constructed using local materials such as timber for frames, corrugated iron sheets for roofs and some walls, in addition to stucco and lightweight construction; Lack of maintenance over the past 40 years; Corrosion of metal cladding and dismantlement of some of the structural elements. A few buildings such as the Leaching House are liable to structural collapse if no support is given; Very little conservation work carried out
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Governance Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
States Parties: Argentina
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Governance Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
States Parties: Mozambique
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: Growing number of collapsed or seriously dilapidated buildings
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Extremely poor state of conservation of numerous derelict buildings endangering occupants
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Illegal activities
Other Threats: Serious concerns over the conservation status of two species, vaquita (porpoise species) and totoaba (marine fish)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.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: Nepal
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Earthquake Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure
States Parties: India
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Invasive / alien freshwater species Invasive/alien terrestrial species Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
States Parties: Ukraine
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
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: Malawi
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive / alien freshwater species Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas Surface water pollution
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Management systems/ management plan 113 Housing 48 Illegal activities 43 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 33 Ground transport infrastructure 31 Legal framework 28 Land conversion 27 Management activities 25 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 23 Mining 22 Water infrastructure 17 Civil unrest 16 War 16 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 15 Financial resources 15 Human resources 15 Governance 13 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 12 Oil and gas 11 Interpretative and visitation facilities 10 Deliberate destruction of heritage 10 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 10 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 8 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 8 Marine transport infrastructure 7 Surface water pollution 7 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Solid waste 6 Water (rain/water table) 6 Underground transport infrastructure 5 Renewable energy facilities 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Industrial areas 4 Society's valuing of heritage 4 Flooding 4 Invasive / alien freshwater species 4 Commercial development 3 Air transport infrastructure 3 Localised utilities 3 Major linear utilities 3 Water (extraction) 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Other climate change impacts 3 Storms 3 Earthquake 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 High impact research / monitoring activities 3 Air pollution 2 Commercial hunting 2 Quarrying 2 Wind 2 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 2 Drought 2 Invasive / alien marine species 2 Ground water pollution 1 Crop production 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Relative humidity 1 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 1 Changes to oceanic waters 1 Desertification 1 Translocated species 1 Low impact research / monitoring 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.


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