State of Conservation
51
Reports
51
Properties concerned
34
States Parties with SOC reports
Property Category:Culturalclose
Date Start:
2024close
Date end:2024close
| States Parties: |
 Egypt
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) |
| Other Threats: | Lack of engagement with local communities and other stakeholders |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Syrian Arab Republic
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Earthquake Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan War |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Syrian Arab Republic
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Housing Illegal activities War |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Syrian Arab Republic
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage War |
| Other Threats: | fire |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Syrian Arab Republic
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Earthquake Financial resources Housing Human resources Illegal activities Land conversion Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Military training Quarrying War |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Italy
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 Libya
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| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Crop production Deliberate destruction of heritage Fire (widlfires) Governance Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution War |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Libya
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Desertification Illegal activities Localised utilities Relative humidity War |
| Other Threats: | Deterioration of the stone masonry; Sand covering certain areas of the property; Graffiti and fires; Alarming state of conservation of the Hunting Baths; Tidal flooding and continuous sea encroachment on the circus area |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Libya
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Housing Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity War |
| Other Threats: | Excessive vegetation growth; Impact of humidity and seawater salt on stone masonry |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Sudan
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Desertification Erosion and siltation/ deposition Flooding Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Mining |
| States Parties: |
 Iraq
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Flooding Management activities Management systems/ management plan War Water infrastructure |
| Other Threats: | Fragile mud brick structures |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Hungary
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Lack of conservation of residential housing in the area inscribed as World Heritage; Inappropriate use of public areas and street amenities |
| States Parties: |
 Albania
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Housing Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 Poland
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management activities |
| Other Threats: | Lack of overall development plan for the property and its buffer zone |
| States Parties: |
 Peru
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) |
| Other Threats: | Continuous deterioration of earthen architecture structures and decorated surfaces from lack of conservation and maintenance practices |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Chile
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Commercial development Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Insufficient delimitation of boundaries |
| States Parties: |
 Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Legal framework Mining Surface water pollution |
| Other Threats: | Instability and risk of collapse of the Cerro Rico; Deficiencies in conservation; Environmental impacts on the hydraulic complex |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Flooding Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) |
| Other Threats: | Serious deterioration of materials and structure |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Syrian Arab Republic
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Earthquake Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Quarrying War |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Austria Hungary
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Other climate change impacts Renewable energy facilities |
| States Parties: |
 Panama
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Lack of established boundaries and buffer zones |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Ghana
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Changes to oceanic waters Commercial development Financial resources Ground transport infrastructure Ground water pollution Illegal activities Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Solid waste Water (rain/water table) Wind |
| Other Threats: | Salt-laden atmosphere |
| States Parties: |
Austria Germany Slovakia
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Flooding Governance Renewable energy facilities |
| States Parties: |
Sudan
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Desertification Erosion and siltation/ deposition Flooding Ground transport infrastructure Housing Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Wind |
| States Parties: |
 Japan
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Other Threats: | Fire |
| States Parties: |
Iraq
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities War |
| Other Threats: | Major looting of Iraqi archaeological sites |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Egypt
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) |
| Other Threats: | Dilapidated infrastructure; Neglect and lack of maintenance |
| States Parties: |
Albania
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Governance Ground transport infrastructure High impact research / monitoring activities Housing Illegal activities Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Lack of adequate fire fighting arrangements in the historic urban zone |
| States Parties: |
 Pakistan
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Earthquake Erosion and siltation/ deposition Flooding Housing Illegal activities Land conversion 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: |
 Uzbekistan
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities |
| Other Threats: | Termite attacks on wooden beams, and salinity in walls impacting on ceramic tiles |
| States Parties: |
 India
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 Nepal
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Air transport infrastructure Earthquake Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure Water infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
 Morocco
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Erosion and siltation/ deposition Flooding Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage |
| States Parties: |
 Yemen
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Desertification Flooding Housing Illegal activities War |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Nepal
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Air pollution Commercial development Housing Industrial areas Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses |
| States Parties: |
Morocco
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Earthquake |
| States Parties: |
 Micronesia (Federated States of)
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Erosion and siltation/ deposition Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Montenegro
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage |
| States Parties: |
 Belgium
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 Sri Lanka
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Commercial development Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
Libya
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Financial resources Fire (widlfires) Human resources Management systems/ management plan War Water (rain/water table) |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Mali
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Solid waste |
| Other Threats: | Deterioration of dwellings |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Lebanon
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | - state of critical conservation conditions and need for emergency stabilisation measures - vulnerability to potential inappropriate developments |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Libya
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Human resources Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan War |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Republic of Korea
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Commercial development Housing Management systems/ management plan |
| 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: |
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: |
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
Albania Algeria Austria Belgium Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil Chile Egypt Germany Ghana Hungary India Iraq Italy Japan Lebanon Libya Mali Micronesia (Federated States of) Montenegro Morocco Nepal Pakistan Panama Peru Poland Republic of Korea Slovakia Sri Lanka Sudan Syrian Arab Republic Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) YemenThreats
Management systems/ management plan 38 Housing 28 War 16 Illegal activities 14 Management activities 12 Deliberate destruction of heritage 10 Legal framework 10 Ground transport infrastructure 8 Land conversion 8 Flooding 8 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 7 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 7 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 7 Water (rain/water table) 6 Earthquake 6 Commercial development 5 Desertification 4 Financial resources 4 Human resources 4 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 3 Solid waste 3 Relative humidity 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 3 Society's valuing of heritage 3 Governance 3 Marine transport infrastructure 2 Localised utilities 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Water infrastructure 2 Surface water pollution 2 Mining 2 Quarrying 2 Wind 2 Civil unrest 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Industrial areas 1 Air transport infrastructure 1 Underground transport infrastructure 1 Major linear utilities 1 Air pollution 1 Ground water pollution 1 Crop production 1 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 1 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 1 Military training 1 Changes to oceanic waters 1 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 1 High 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.
