State of Conservation
| States Parties: |
 Iraq
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan War |
| Other Threats: | Weathering and lack of maintenance affecting the fragile structures Encroachment, urban sprawl and bulldozing activities |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Portugal
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.2 |
| Threats*: | Legal framework Low impact research / monitoring activities Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Need to remove the terrace bar |
| States Parties: |
 United Republic of Tanzania
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.2 |
| Threats*: | Financial resources Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Water infrastructure |
| Other Threats: | Significant decline of wildlife populations due to poaching ; Need for increased involvement of local communities |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
United Republic of Tanzania
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.3 |
| Threats*: | Air transport infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Surface water pollution Water infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
 Syrian Arab Republic
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Financial resources Ground transport infrastructure Housing Illegal activities Localised utilities Major linear utilities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity War |
| Other Threats: | serious weathering of many stone blocks |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Brazil
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Housing Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 Yemen
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| 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 Pollution of marine waters Solid waste Storms |
| States Parties: |
United Republic of Tanzania
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.4 |
| Threats*: | Commercial development Financial resources Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Natural disasters and lack of risk-preparedness |
| States Parties: |
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Underground transport infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
Iraq
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.4 |
| Threats*: | Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Highly unstable conservation conditions of the archaeological sites; Need to conduct further studies regarding minimum water flows |
| States Parties: |
 Ukraine
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add |
| Threats*: | Legal framework Management systems/ management plan War |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Mali
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Management systems/ management plan War |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Algeria
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Human resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Marine transport infrastructure |
| Other Threats: | Unsuitable restoration techniques, and poor conservation conditions for the archaeological remains |
| States Parties: |
 Hungary
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure |
| Other Threats: | Need to delineate a precise buffer zone |
| States Parties: |
Mali
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add |
| Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Management systems/ management plan War |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| 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 |
| States Parties: |
 Indonesia
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.2 |
| Threats*: | Governance Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Renewable energy facilities |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| 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 |
| States Parties: |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Oil and gas War |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Russian Federation
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.2 |
| Threats*: | Fire (widlfires) Governance Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan Mining Renewable energy facilities |
| Other Threats: | Decline in populations of wild reindeer and snow sheep |
States Parties
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Australia Austria Belarus Belgium Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil Burkina Faso Cambodia Central African Republic Chad Chile Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Egypt Ethiopia France Gabon Germany Ghana Guinea Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iraq Italy Japan Kenya Kiribati Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Libya Madagascar Mali Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Montenegro Morocco Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Pakistan Panama Peru Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania Russian Federation Senegal Serbia Slovakia Solomon Islands Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Sweden Syrian Arab Republic Türkiye Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 87 Housing 49 Illegal activities 38 Ground transport infrastructure 30 Legal framework 27 War 26 Land conversion 22 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 22 Financial resources 17 Human resources 17 Management activities 17 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 16 Water infrastructure 16 Mining 15 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 14 Civil unrest 13 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 13 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 12 Deliberate destruction of heritage 12 Surface water pollution 11 Governance 11 Commercial development 9 Flooding 9 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 9 Water (rain/water table) 8 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Interpretative and visitation facilities 6 Solid waste 6 Other climate change impacts 6 Earthquake 6 Fire (widlfires) 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 5 Renewable energy facilities 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Desertification 5 Marine transport infrastructure 4 Major linear utilities 4 Oil and gas 4 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 4 Society's valuing of heritage 4 Storms 4 Air transport infrastructure 3 Underground transport infrastructure 3 Localised utilities 3 Ground water pollution 3 Crop production 3 Relative humidity 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Industrial areas 2 Non-renewable energy facilities 2 Air pollution 2 Pollution of marine waters 2 Subsistence hunting 2 Quarrying 2 Wind 2 Drought 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 High impact research / monitoring activities 2 Low impact research / monitoring activities 2 Commercial hunting 1 Water (extraction) 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 1 Military training 1 Terrorism 1 Temperature change 1 Invasive / alien marine species 1 Translocated species 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.
