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State of Conservation

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70
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Date Start: 2012close
Date end:2012index%3D141close
Region: Asia and the Pacificclose
Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures (2023)
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Conservation of urban fabric
Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures (2021)
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Conservation of urban fabric
Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures (2019)
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2019
Document Source: WHC/19/43.COM/7B.add.2,WHC/19/43.COM/INF.7.Rev.4
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Conservation of urban fabric
Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures (2015)
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Conservation of urban fabric
Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures (2013)
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Conservation of urban fabric
Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures (2012)
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Conservation of urban fabric
Sangiran Early Man Site (2018)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage
Sangiran Early Man Site (2016)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Sangiran Early Man Site (2014)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region (2021)
States Parties: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Several serial components at risk of collapse or in a condition of serious deterioration
Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region (2019)
States Parties: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Year: 2019
Document Source: WHC/19/43.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Several serial components at risk of collapse or in a condition of serious deterioration
Shahr-i Sokhta (2016)
States Parties: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor (2023)
States Parties: China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Comparative fragility of many sites
Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor (2021)
States Parties: China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Comparative fragility of many sites
Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor (2018)
States Parties: China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Comparative fragility of many sites
Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor (2017)
States Parties: China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Comparative fragility of many sites
Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor (2016)
States Parties: China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Comparative fragility of many of many sites
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (2023)
States Parties: Japan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.3
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Other Threats:
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (2021)
States Parties: Japan
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (2018)
States Parties: Japan
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add2
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Susa (2021)
States Parties: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts Water (rain/water table)
Susa (2017)
States Parties: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Taj Mahal (2013)
States Parties: India
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add
Taxila (2013)
States Parties: Pakistan
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-2000/CONF.204/10
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Localised utilities Management systems/ management plan Quarrying
Other Threats: Lack of vegetation control
Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu (2018)
States Parties: China
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing
Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu (2016)
States Parties: China
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing
Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu (2014)
States Parties: China
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing
Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of Ancient Ishanapura (2023)
States Parties: Cambodia
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Risk of collapse of some temples
Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of Ancient Ishanapura (2021)
States Parties: Cambodia
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Risk of collapse of some temples
Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of Ancient Ishanapura (2019)
States Parties: Cambodia
Year: 2019
Document Source: WHC/19/43.COM/7B,WHC/19/43.COM/INF.7.Rev.4
Threats*: Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Risk of collapse of some temples
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (2023)
States Parties: India Japan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Governance Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (2021)
States Parties: India Japan
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Governance Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (2018)
States Parties: India Japan
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
The Grand Canal (2018)
States Parties: China
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add
The Grand Canal (2016)
States Parties: China
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution
Other Threats: lack of priority visibility corridors
The Great Wall (2021)
States Parties: China
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Underground transport infrastructure
The Great Wall (2019)
States Parties: China
Year: 2019
Document Source: WHC/19/43.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Underground transport infrastructure
The Great Wall (2017)
States Parties: China
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities
The Persian Qanat (2021)
States Parties: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
The Persian Qanat (2018)
States Parties: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Town of Luang Prabang (2024)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Governance Ground transport infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Condition of historic buildings requiring physical conservation works; Need for urban design guidelines
Town of Luang Prabang (2023)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Governance Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Town of Luang Prabang (2021)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Housing Management systems/ management plan
Town of Luang Prabang (2014)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B.Add
Town of Luang Prabang (2012)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Housing Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
Trans-Iranian Railway (2023)
States Parties: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure
Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape (2024)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape (2023)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape (2021)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape (2019)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2019
Document Source: WHC/19/43.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape (2017)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape (2015)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape (2014)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape (2012)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou (2019)
States Parties: China
Year: 2019
Document Source: WHC/19/43.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion
Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape (2021)
States Parties: China
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Land conversion Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution
Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape (2018)
States Parties: China
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Land conversion Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution
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Afghanistan Cambodia China Democratic People's Republic of Korea Fiji India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Malaysia Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Sri Lanka Thailand Uzbekistan Viet Nam
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 198 Housing 125 Ground transport infrastructure 66 Management activities 57 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 51 Illegal activities 42 Legal framework 40 Commercial development 31 Human resources 28 Interpretative and visitation facilities 27 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 23 Underground transport infrastructure 22 Land conversion 19 Financial resources 19 Civil unrest 18 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 17 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 14 Deliberate destruction of heritage 14 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 13 Earthquake 13 Air transport infrastructure 12 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 11 Marine transport infrastructure 11 Other climate change impacts 11 Industrial areas 10 Society's valuing of heritage 10 Governance 10 Water infrastructure 8 Solid waste 8 Flooding 8 Air pollution 7 Mining 6 Water (rain/water table) 6 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 6 High impact research / monitoring activities 6 Pests 4 Localised utilities 3 Surface water pollution 3 Water (extraction) 3 Forestry /wood production 2 Low impact research / monitoring activities 2 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 1 Quarrying 1 Military training 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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