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State of Conservation

380
Reports
274
Properties concerned
119
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 2023close
States Parties: Mauritius
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Lack of engagement with local communities and other stakeholders
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Encroachments within the property and inappropriate recent constructions; Lack of engagement with local communities and other stakeholders
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Niger
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Erosion and siltation/ deposition Financial resources Forestry /wood production Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Mining
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Niger
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Erosion and siltation/ deposition Forestry /wood production Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Management systems/ management plan Mining
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Civil unrest Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Structural instability of Stele 3 and Mausoleum Urban encroachment and inappropriate new developments
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Civil unrest Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Structural instability of Stele 3 Impact of the recent conflict on cultural heritage in the Tigray region
States Parties: Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: China
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of clarity regarding components and buffer zone of the property
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Earthquake Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Housing Illegal activities War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Housing Illegal activities War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage War
Other Threats: fire
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage War
Other Threats: fire
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Bulgaria
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Governance Ground transport infrastructure Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Governance Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Deliberate destruction of heritage Flooding Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Natural decay and structural problems Major infrastructure and development projects Uncontrolled urban development
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Earthquake Financial resources Housing Human resources Illegal activities Land conversion Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Military training Quarrying War
Danger List:  Yes
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Threats
Management systems/ management plan 282 Housing 141 Illegal activities 96 Ground transport infrastructure 84 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 84 Legal framework 75 Land conversion 59 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 53 Management activities 50 Mining 48 War 48 Financial resources 47 Human resources 47 Water infrastructure 44 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 38 Governance 38 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 30 Civil unrest 30 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 30 Commercial development 28 Interpretative and visitation facilities 26 Deliberate destruction of heritage 26 Water (rain/water table) 25 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 21 Surface water pollution 20 Solid waste 19 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 19 Other climate change impacts 18 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 17 Flooding 17 Oil and gas 16 Marine transport infrastructure 15 Forestry /wood production 15 Fire (widlfires) 15 Major linear utilities 13 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 13 Renewable energy facilities 12 Underground transport infrastructure 11 Earthquake 11 Society's valuing of heritage 10 Storms 10 Air transport infrastructure 9 Crop production 9 Non-renewable energy facilities 8 Quarrying 8 Desertification 8 Industrial areas 7 Ground water pollution 7 Water (extraction) 7 Changes to oceanic waters 7 Invasive / alien freshwater species 7 Air pollution 6 Commercial hunting 6 Relative humidity 6 Localised utilities 5 Subsistence hunting 5 Drought 5 High impact research / monitoring activities 5 Wind 4 Pollution of marine waters 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 3 Military training 3 Low impact research / monitoring activities 3 Input of excess energy 2 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 2 Terrorism 2 Temperature change 2 Invasive / alien marine species 2 Translocated species 2 Aquaculture 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Pests 1 Avalanche/ landslide 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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