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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 561 Housing 362 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 199 Ground transport infrastructure 181 Legal framework 139 Management activities 104 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 94 Illegal activities 93 Surface water pollution 92 Mining 83 Water infrastructure 80 Oil and gas 60 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 56 Interpretative and visitation facilities 55 Forestry /wood production 49 Major linear utilities 45 Financial resources 41 Marine transport infrastructure 38 Deliberate destruction of heritage 38 Storms 38 Renewable energy facilities 35 Commercial development 34 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 31 Solid waste 29 Land conversion 29 Water (extraction) 29 Earthquake 28 Water (rain/water table) 27 Invasive / alien freshwater species 22 Localised utilities 21 Human resources 21 Underground transport infrastructure 20 Crop production 20 Relative humidity 20 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 20 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 19 Quarrying 16 Civil unrest 16 Fire (widlfires) 16 Air pollution 15 Input of excess energy 15 Pollution of marine waters 15 Industrial areas 14 Ground water pollution 14 Governance 13 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 12 High impact research / monitoring activities 12 Micro-organisms 11 Air transport infrastructure 10 Non-renewable energy facilities 9 Society's valuing of heritage 9 War 9 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 8 Commercial hunting 5 Temperature 5 Wind 5 Flooding 5 Other climate change impacts 5 Temperature change 5 Subsistence hunting 3 Radiation/light 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Terrorism 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Pests 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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