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State of Conservation

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Everglades National Park (2003)
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7A
Threats*: Crop production Housing Industrial areas Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution Water infrastructure
Danger List:  Yes
Fatehpur Sikri (2003)
States Parties: India
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B.Corr
Threats*: Commercial development Financial resources Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore (2003)
States Parties: Pakistan
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7A
Threats*: Air pollution Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Financial resources Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Industrial areas Land conversion Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo (2003)
States Parties: Panama
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Avalanche/ landslide Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Weakening of the foundations by the vegetation
Galápagos Islands (2003)
States Parties: Ecuador
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive / alien marine species Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan
Garamba National Park (2003)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities
Danger List:  Yes
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz (2003)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Flooding Marine transport infrastructure Surface water pollution
Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast (2003)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Group of Monuments at Hampi (2003)
States Parties: India
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7A
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago (2003)
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Rapid economic development
Hanseatic City of Lübeck (2003)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development
Henderson Island (2003)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Historic Areas of Istanbul (2003)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Earthquake Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management activities Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Need to monitor movements which could affect the structure of the building
Historic Cairo (2003)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Historic Centre of Lima (2003)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco (2003)
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Civil unrest Governance Housing Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of a unique and severely degraded cultural landscape
Historic Centre of Puebla (2003)
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing Underground transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Fire in December 2002
Historic Centre of Riga (2003)
States Parties: Latvia
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing
Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz (2003)
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Earthquake Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Extensive cracks and leaning walls
Historic Centre of Sighişoara (2003)
States Parties: Romania
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities
Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg (2003)
States Parties: Austria
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing
Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás (2003)
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Flooding
Historic Centre of Vienna (2003)
States Parties: Austria
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Historic District of Old Québec (2003)
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa (2003)
States Parties: China
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B,WHC.03/27.COM/7B.Corr
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses Water (rain/water table)
Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (2003)
States Parties: Japan
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure
Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento (2003)
States Parties: Uruguay
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu (2003)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Avalanche/ landslide Fire (widlfires) Ground transport infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Historic Town of Ouro Preto (2003)
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Fire
Historic Town of Zabid (2003)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7A
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management activities Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity Solid waste
Other Threats: Lack of conservation measures
Danger List:  Yes
Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa (2003)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing
Historical Monuments of Mtskheta (2003)
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management activities
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Afghanistan Albania Algeria Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Ethiopia France Georgia Germany Greece Guatemala Guinea Honduras India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Ireland Italy Japan Kenya Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lithuania Madagascar Mali Mauritania Mexico Montenegro Morocco Nepal Niger Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania Russian Federation Senegal Slovakia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 97 Housing 37 Illegal activities 31 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 29 Human resources 26 Financial resources 24 Ground transport infrastructure 23 Legal framework 21 Land conversion 18 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 17 Management activities 17 Commercial development 14 Water (rain/water table) 11 Civil unrest 11 Interpretative and visitation facilities 10 Mining 10 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 8 Deliberate destruction of heritage 8 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 7 Major linear utilities 6 Water infrastructure 6 Forestry /wood production 6 Surface water pollution 5 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 5 Oil and gas 5 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 5 Industrial areas 4 Underground transport infrastructure 4 Subsistence hunting 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Invasive / alien freshwater species 4 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 3 Marine transport infrastructure 3 Commercial hunting 3 Relative humidity 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 3 Flooding 3 Storms 3 Earthquake 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Governance 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Air pollution 2 Solid waste 2 Quarrying 2 Society's valuing of heritage 2 War 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Localised utilities 1 Renewable energy facilities 1 Input of excess energy 1 Crop production 1 Water (extraction) 1 Wind 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Desertification 1 Drought 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Volcanic eruption 1 Invasive / alien marine 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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