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State of Conservation

178
Reports
178
Properties concerned
90
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 2009close
Date end:2009close
States Parties: Austria
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Ecuador
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management activities
States Parties: Malta
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing
States Parties: Panama
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Marine transport infrastructure
States Parties: Dominican Republic
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Air pollution Earthquake Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Land conversion Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage Storms
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Crop production Fire (widlfires) Illegal activities Land conversion Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing
States Parties: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Serious deterioration of materials and structures; Deterioration of the architectural and urban coherence and integrity of the property
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Afghanistan
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: Portugal
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: b) Lack of conservation of parks and palaces;
States Parties: Romania
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Localised utilities Surface water pollution
Other Threats: b) Deepwater navigation waterway through the Bystroe mouth of the Danube River;
States Parties: Cameroon
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Commercial hunting Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Mining
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Invasive / alien freshwater species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Subsistence hunting Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Salinisation of soils
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7A
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Solomon Islands
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Commercial hunting Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Forestry /wood production Mining
States Parties: Austria Hungary
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
States Parties: Pakistan
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Panama
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration and destruction of the fabric of the property by environmental factors, lack of maintenance, as well as polluted water
States Parties: Ecuador
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7A
Threats*: Governance Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: h) Educational reform not implemented
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Management activities Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: General need for interior and exterior conservation work on the monuments
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Oil and gas
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Invasive/alien terrestrial species
States Parties: India
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Malaysia
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Water infrastructure
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Industrial areas Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Continued degradation of the vernacular architecture within the protected zones (particularly Ottoman-period timber houses in the Zeyrek and Süleymaniye core areaslack of impact studies before large-scale developments are implemented
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Threats
Management systems/ management plan 104 Housing 71 Illegal activities 44 Ground transport infrastructure 28 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 27 Management activities 25 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 22 Land conversion 22 Human resources 19 Deliberate destruction of heritage 18 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 17 Mining 16 Financial resources 16 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 15 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 15 Legal framework 13 Civil unrest 12 Water infrastructure 10 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 10 Interpretative and visitation facilities 9 Water (rain/water table) 9 Marine transport infrastructure 7 Forestry /wood production 6 Oil and gas 6 War 6 Governance 6 Commercial development 5 Solid waste 5 Earthquake 5 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 5 Air transport infrastructure 4 Major linear utilities 4 Crop production 4 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4 Flooding 4 Underground transport infrastructure 3 Surface water pollution 3 Commercial hunting 3 Water (extraction) 3 Relative humidity 3 Wind 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Society's valuing of heritage 3 Other climate change impacts 3 Temperature change 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Invasive / alien freshwater species 3 Industrial areas 2 Ground water pollution 2 Subsistence hunting 2 Micro-organisms 2 Temperature 2 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 2 Storms 2 High impact research / monitoring activities 2 Localised utilities 1 Non-renewable energy facilities 1 Air pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Avalanche/ landslide 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.


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