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State of Conservation

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Hill Forts of Rajasthan (2016)
States Parties: India
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Housing Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Industrial areas Mining
Other Threats: Vulnerabilities of certain individual structures within the forts requiring short-term conservation actions
Historic Centre of Agadez (2016)
States Parties: Niger
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Low impact research / monitoring activities Management systems/ management plan
Historic Centre of Puebla (2016)
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz (2016)
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Demolition and re-building of traditional housing areas
Historic Centre of Vienna (2016)
States Parties: Austria
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa (2016)
States Parties: China
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Deliberate destruction of heritage Ground transport infrastructure Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Historic Inner City of Paramaribo (2016)
States Parties: Suriname
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah (2016)
States Parties: Saudi Arabia
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: High rate of decay of the historic houses
Historic Town of Zabid (2016)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Financial resources Housing Human resources Land conversion Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa (2016)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management systems/ management plan
Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl (2016)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta (2016)
States Parties: Pakistan
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition 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
Historical Monuments of Mtskheta (2016)
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works (2016)
States Parties: Chile
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Wind
Other Threats: Extremely fragile nature of the industrial buildings that were constructed using local materials such as timber for frames, corrugated iron sheets for roofs and some walls, in addition to stucco and lightweight construction; Lack of maintenance over the past 40 years; Corrosion of metal cladding and dismantlement of some of the structural elements. A few buildings such as the Leaching House are liable to structural collapse if no support is given; Very little conservation work carried out
Danger List:  Yes
Iguaçu National Park (2016)
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Governance Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Iguazu National Park (2016)
States Parties: Argentina
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Governance Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Island of Mozambique (2016)
States Parties: Mozambique
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: Growing number of collapsed or seriously dilapidated buildings
Island of Saint-Louis (2016)
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Extremely poor state of conservation of numerous derelict buildings endangering occupants
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (2016)
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
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)
Kahuzi-Biega National Park (2016)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest 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
Kathmandu Valley (2016)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Earthquake Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure
Keoladeo National Park (2016)
States Parties: India
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Invasive / alien freshwater species Invasive/alien terrestrial species Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
Kizhi Pogost (2016)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (2016)
States Parties: Ukraine
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Lake Baikal (2016)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Mining Surface water pollution Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
Lake Malawi National Park (2016)
States Parties: Malawi
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive / alien freshwater species Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas Surface water pollution
Lake Turkana National Parks (2016)
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas Water infrastructure
Lamu Old Town (2016)
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure Solid waste
Other Threats: Deterioration of dwellings
Le Morne Cultural Landscape (2016)
States Parties: Mauritius
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (2016)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A
Threats*: Commercial development Governance High impact research / monitoring activities Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage
Danger List:  Yes
Lower Valley of the Omo (2016)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Industrial areas Land conversion Management systems/ management plan
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha (2016)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Air pollution Housing Industrial areas Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas (2016)
States Parties: Zimbabwe
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Mining
Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (2016)
States Parties: Central African Republic
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining
Danger List:  Yes
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (2016)
States Parties: South Africa
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Industrial areas Management activities Mining
Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan (2016)
States Parties: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Medieval Monuments in Kosovo (2016)
States Parties: Serbia
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Unsatisfactory state of conservation and maintenance of the property
Danger List:  Yes
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (2016)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Underground transport infrastructure
Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam (2016)
States Parties: Afghanistan
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Inclination of the Minaret
Danger List:  Yes
Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point (2016)
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Morne Trois Pitons National Park (2016)
States Parties: Dominica
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Renewable energy facilities
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (2016)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire Guinea
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Mining
Danger List:  Yes
National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers (2016)
States Parties: Haiti
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Earthquake Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region (2016)
States Parties: Albania North Macedonia
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (2016)
States Parties: Montenegro
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management systems/ management plan
Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve (2016)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Marine transport infrastructure Oil and gas
New Lanark (2016)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Niokolo-Koba National Park (2016)
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Drought Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining Translocated species Water infrastructure
Danger List:  Yes
Okapi Wildlife Reserve (2016)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Mining
Danger List:  Yes
Okavango Delta (2016)
States Parties: Botswana
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Governance Invasive / alien freshwater species Management systems/ management plan Mining
Other Threats: Animal sanitation and diseases
Old City of Dubrovnik (2016)
States Parties: Croatia
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (2016)
States Parties: Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan)
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Governance High impact research / monitoring activities Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Natural risk factors; Deterioration of monuments
Danger List:  Yes
Old City of Sana'a (2016)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Housing Land conversion Management activities
Other Threats: Functional decay of the residential neighborhoods
Danger List:  Yes
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (2016)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
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Afghanistan Albania Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belize Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Ethiopia Georgia Germany Guinea Haiti Honduras India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Italy Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Libya Lithuania Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Montenegro Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Oman Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Russian Federation Saint Lucia Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Solomon Islands South Africa Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Suriname Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Tunisia Türkiye Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen Zimbabwe
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 113 Housing 48 Illegal activities 43 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 33 Ground transport infrastructure 31 Legal framework 28 Land conversion 27 Management activities 25 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 23 Mining 22 Water infrastructure 17 Civil unrest 16 War 16 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 15 Financial resources 15 Human resources 15 Governance 13 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 12 Oil and gas 11 Interpretative and visitation facilities 10 Deliberate destruction of heritage 10 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 10 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 8 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 8 Marine transport infrastructure 7 Surface water pollution 7 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Solid waste 6 Water (rain/water table) 6 Underground transport infrastructure 5 Renewable energy facilities 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Industrial areas 4 Society's valuing of heritage 4 Flooding 4 Invasive / alien freshwater species 4 Commercial development 3 Air transport infrastructure 3 Localised utilities 3 Major linear utilities 3 Water (extraction) 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Other climate change impacts 3 Storms 3 Earthquake 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 High impact research / monitoring activities 3 Air pollution 2 Commercial hunting 2 Quarrying 2 Wind 2 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 2 Drought 2 Invasive / alien marine species 2 Ground water pollution 1 Crop production 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Relative humidity 1 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 1 Changes to oceanic waters 1 Desertification 1 Translocated species 1 Low 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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