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State of Conservation

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Reports
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Properties concerned
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States Parties with SOC reports
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Region: Europe and North Americaclose
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 1989
Document Source: SC-89/CONF.003/12,SC-89/CONF.003/2,SC-89/CONF.004/12,SC-89/CONF.004/5
Other Threats: Fire
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 1988
Document Source: SC-88/CONF.001/13
Other Threats: Fire
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Threats
Management systems/ management plan 451 Housing 305 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 156 Ground transport infrastructure 140 Legal framework 91 Management activities 81 Surface water pollution 80 Illegal activities 74 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 65 Mining 63 Water infrastructure 58 Oil and gas 45 Forestry /wood production 42 Interpretative and visitation facilities 41 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 40 Major linear utilities 36 Deliberate destruction of heritage 35 Financial resources 35 Storms 33 Renewable energy facilities 27 Earthquake 27 Solid waste 24 Water (rain/water table) 24 Commercial development 23 Marine transport infrastructure 23 Water (extraction) 22 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 22 Relative humidity 20 Localised utilities 19 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 19 Crop production 18 Land conversion 17 Invasive / alien freshwater species 17 Quarrying 15 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 15 Human resources 15 Industrial areas 14 Underground transport infrastructure 14 Air pollution 14 Pollution of marine waters 13 Ground water pollution 12 Input of excess energy 12 Fire (widlfires) 11 Micro-organisms 10 War 9 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 8 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 8 Civil unrest 8 Air transport infrastructure 7 High impact research / monitoring activities 7 Non-renewable energy facilities 6 Governance 6 Temperature 5 Wind 5 Flooding 5 Temperature change 5 Subsistence hunting 3 Radiation/light 3 Terrorism 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Society's valuing of heritage 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Commercial hunting 1 Pests 1 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Hyper-abundant 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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