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State of Conservation

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Properties concerned
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States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 2024close
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: Australia
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Changes to oceanic waters Ground water pollution Marine transport infrastructure Non-renewable energy facilities Other climate change impacts Storms Surface water pollution Temperature change
Other Threats: Grounding of ships
States Parties: India
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B
Threats*: Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Japan
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B
Other Threats: Fire
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Industrial areas Management systems/ management plan Pollution of marine waters Surface water pollution
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: Türkiye
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.4
Threats*: Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Low impact research / monitoring activities Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Decay and loss of Ottoman/vernacular architecture; Impact of change of status of the Hagia Sophia and the Chora Museum
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: Uzbekistan
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Demolition and re-building of traditional housing areas
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Austria
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.3
Threats*: Housing Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Other Threats: Desirability of conservation of historic roof constructions within the property
Danger List:  Yes
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: Yemen
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Financial resources Housing Human resources Land conversion Management systems/ management plan War
Other Threats: Serious degradation of the city’s heritage (many houses and the ancient souq are in an alarming state of deterioration)
Danger List:  Yes
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: Mexico
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Illegal activities
Other Threats: Serious concerns over the conservation status of two species, vaquita (porpoise species) and totoaba (marine fish)
Danger List:  Yes
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: Gabon
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Civil unrest Commercial hunting Illegal activities Land conversion Mining War
Other Threats: Villages in the ecological corridor between the highland and lowland sectors of the park
Danger List:  Yes
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
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Management systems/ management plan 85 Housing 48 Illegal activities 38 Ground transport infrastructure 30 Legal framework 27 War 26 Land conversion 22 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 22 Financial resources 17 Human resources 17 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 16 Water infrastructure 16 Management activities 16 Mining 15 Civil unrest 13 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 12 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 12 Deliberate destruction of heritage 12 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 12 Surface water pollution 11 Governance 10 Commercial development 9 Flooding 9 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 9 Water (rain/water table) 8 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Interpretative and visitation facilities 6 Solid waste 6 Other climate change impacts 6 Earthquake 6 Fire (widlfires) 6 Renewable energy facilities 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Desertification 5 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 4 Marine transport infrastructure 4 Major linear utilities 4 Oil and gas 4 Society's valuing of heritage 4 Storms 4 Air transport infrastructure 3 Underground transport infrastructure 3 Localised utilities 3 Ground water pollution 3 Crop production 3 Relative humidity 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Industrial areas 2 Non-renewable energy facilities 2 Air pollution 2 Pollution of marine waters 2 Subsistence hunting 2 Quarrying 2 Wind 2 Drought 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Low impact research / monitoring activities 2 Commercial hunting 1 Water (extraction) 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 1 Military training 1 Terrorism 1 Temperature change 1 Invasive / alien marine species 1 Translocated 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.


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