State of Conservation
607
Reports
102
Properties concerned
26
States Parties with SOC reports
Property Category:Culturalclose
Region:
Asia and the Pacificclose
States Parties: |
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Year: | 1995 |
Document Source: | WHC-95/CONF.203/5,WHC-95/CONF.203/5 Add.1 |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: |
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Year: | 1994 |
Document Source: | WHC-94/CONF.003/6 |
Threats*: | Invasive/alien terrestrial species |
Other Threats: | Fire |
States Parties: |
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Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Housing |
Other Threats: | Risk of collapse of the Giant Buddha niches; Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintings |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: |
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Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
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Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.3 |
Threats*: | Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Housing |
Other Threats: | Risk of collapse of the Giant Buddha niches; Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintings |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: |
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Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Housing |
Other Threats: | Risk of collapse of the Giant Buddha niches; Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintings |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: |
|
Year: | 2019 |
Document Source: | WHC/19/43.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Housing |
Other Threats: | Risk of collapse of the Giant Buddha niches; Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintings |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: |
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Year: | 2018 |
Document Source: | WHC/18/42.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Housing |
Other Threats: | Risk of collapse of the Giant Buddha niches; Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintings |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: |
|
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Housing Military training |
Other Threats: | Risk of collapse of the Giant Buddha niches; Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintings |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: |
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Year: | 2016 |
Document Source: | WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities |
Other Threats: | Risk of imminent collapse of the Giant Buddha niches; Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintings |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: |
|
Year: | 2015 |
Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities |
Other Threats: | Risk of imminent collapse of the Giant Buddha niches; Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintings |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: |
|
Year: | 2014 |
Document Source: | WHC-14/38.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities |
Other Threats: | Risk of imminent collapse of the Giant Buddha niches; Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintings |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: |
|
Year: | 2013 |
Document Source: | WHC-13/37.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities |
Other Threats: | Risk of imminent collapse of the Giant Buddha niches; Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintings; Anti-personnel mines and unexploded ordinances (i.e. munitions) |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: |
|
Year: | 2012 |
Document Source: | WHC-12/36.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities |
Other Threats: | Risk of imminent collapse of the Giant Buddha niches; Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintings; Anti-personnel mines and unexploded ordinances (i.e. munitions). |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: |
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Year: | 2011 |
Document Source: | WHC-11/35.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities |
Other Threats: | Risk of imminent collapse of the Giant Buddha niches; Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintings; Anti-personnel mines and unexploded ordinances (i.e. munitions). |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: |
|
Year: | 2010 |
Document Source: | WHC-10/34.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities |
Other Threats: | Risk of imminent collapse of the Giant Buddha niches; Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintings; Anti-personnel mines and unexploded ordinances (i.e. munitions) |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: |
|
Year: | 2009 |
Document Source: | WHC-09/33.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities |
Other Threats: | a) Risk of imminent collapse of the Giant Buddha nichesb) Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintingse) Anti-personnel mines and unexploded ordinances (i.e. munitions) |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: |
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Year: | 2008 |
Document Source: | WHC-08/32.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities |
Other Threats: | Risk of imminent collapse of the Buddha niches; Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintings |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: |
|
Year: | 2007 |
Document Source: | WHC-07/31.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Civil unrest |
Other Threats: | Fragile state of the cliffs and niche; Presence of anti-personnel mines in the area. |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: |
|
Year: | 2006 |
Document Source: | WHC-06/30.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Civil unrest |
Other Threats: | a) Fragile state of the cliffs and nichesb) Presence of anti-personnel mines in the are |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: |
|
Year: | 2005 |
Document Source: | WHC-05/29.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | a) Consolidation of the cliffs and nichesb) Lack of a long-term on-site monitoring systemc) Demining |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties
Afghanistan Bangladesh 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 Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 439 Housing 251 Management activities 144 Ground transport infrastructure 130 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 120 Legal framework 98 Illegal activities 83 Human resources 64 Commercial development 57 Financial resources 55 Interpretative and visitation facilities 50 Deliberate destruction of heritage 44 Land conversion 39 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 37 Water (rain/water table) 37 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 35 Civil unrest 34 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 30 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 28 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 26 Underground transport infrastructure 25 Earthquake 24 Relative humidity 20 Society's valuing of heritage 18 Marine transport infrastructure 15 Air pollution 15 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 15 Air transport infrastructure 14 Flooding 14 Water infrastructure 13 Industrial areas 11 Solid waste 11 Other climate change impacts 11 Governance 10 Localised utilities 9 High impact research / monitoring activities 9 Mining 7 Storms 7 Major linear utilities 6 Quarrying 5 Avalanche/ landslide 5 Pests 4 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 4 Surface water pollution 3 Water (extraction) 3 Forestry /wood production 2 Wind 2 Tsunami/tidal wave 2 Low impact research / monitoring activities 2 Input of excess energy 1 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 1 Temperature 1 Military training 1 Terrorism 1 Fire (widlfires) 1 Volcanic eruption 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.