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State of Conservation

1233
Reports
237
Properties concerned
45
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 1983close
Region: Europe and North Americaclose
States Parties: Greece
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities
States Parties: Greece
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing
States Parties: Greece
Year: 2002
Document Source: WHC-02/CONF.202/17
Threats*: Housing
States Parties: Greece
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Housing
States Parties: Spain
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: State of dilapidation of the Puerta Elvira area
States Parties: Spain
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Spain
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B,WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Portugal
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
States Parties: Portugal
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Water infrastructure
States Parties: France
Year: 2000
Document Source: WHC-2000/CONF.202/5,WHC-2000/CONF.204/10
Threats*: Housing
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: Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine
Year: 2019
Document Source: WHC/19/43.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine
Year: 2014
Document Source: WHC-14/38.COM/7B
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Ground transport infrastructure Localised utilities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Illegal activities Localised utilities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Subsistence hunting
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: Bulgaria
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
States Parties: Bulgaria
Year: 2019
Document Source: WHC/19/43.COM/7B,WHC/19/43.COM/INF.7.Rev.4
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
States Parties: Bulgaria
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
States Parties: Bulgaria
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Bulgaria
Year: 2011
Document Source: WHC-11/35.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Bulgaria
Year: 2010
Document Source: WHC-10/34.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Erosion and siltation/ deposition Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity Wind
States Parties: Ukraine
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Other Threats: Critical state of conservation of the ruins in the city of Tauric Chersonese, some of which are highly dilapidated or even close to collapse
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Solid waste Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: New buffer zone necessary
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2019
Document Source: WHC/19/43.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: Series of structural collapses at the property
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: Series of structural collapses at the property
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: Series of structural collapses at the property
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7C
Threats*: Storms
Other Threats: collapse of walls
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2011
Document Source: WHC-11/35.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Hyper-abundant species Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: collapse of a wall
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Earthquake Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Inappropriate use of pasture areas and of the rock-cut caves in Bostanlar Creek and Arpaçay Creek within the 1st Degree Archaeological Conservation area
States Parties: Greece
Year: 1993
Document Source: WHC-93/CONF.001/3,WHC-93/CONF.002/5
Threats*: Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Localised utilities
Other Threats: Need to strengthen the protection of the site
States Parties: Greece
Year: 1992
Document Source: CLT-92/CONF.003/2,WHC-92/CONF.002/5
Threats*: Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Need to strengthen the protection of the site
States Parties: Belarus
Year: 2011
Document Source: WHC-11/35.COM/7B
Threats*: Human resources Management activities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Belarus
Year: 2010
Document Source: WHC-10/34.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Management activities
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Management systems/ management plan 677 Housing 414 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 241 Ground transport infrastructure 218 Legal framework 181 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 120 Management activities 115 Illegal activities 113 Mining 102 Surface water pollution 99 Water infrastructure 98 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 67 Oil and gas 67 Interpretative and visitation facilities 66 Major linear utilities 54 Forestry /wood production 54 Financial resources 47 Marine transport infrastructure 46 Renewable energy facilities 45 Commercial development 43 Deliberate destruction of heritage 41 Storms 41 Land conversion 38 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 35 Water (rain/water table) 34 Solid waste 33 Water (extraction) 32 Governance 29 Earthquake 27 Human resources 27 Underground transport infrastructure 26 Invasive / alien freshwater species 25 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 25 Localised utilities 22 Fire (widlfires) 22 Quarrying 21 Civil unrest 21 Crop production 20 Relative humidity 20 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 20 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 19 Air pollution 18 Input of excess energy 17 Ground water pollution 16 High impact research / monitoring activities 16 Non-renewable energy facilities 15 Pollution of marine waters 15 Society's valuing of heritage 15 Industrial areas 14 Air transport infrastructure 12 War 12 Other climate change impacts 12 Micro-organisms 11 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 10 Commercial hunting 7 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 6 Flooding 6 Temperature 5 Wind 5 Temperature change 5 Subsistence hunting 3 Radiation/light 3 Terrorism 3 Low impact research / monitoring activities 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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