State of Conservation
638
Reports
163
Properties concerned
44
States Parties with SOC reports
Date end:2008close
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: | France |
Year: | 2000 |
Document Source: | WHC-2000/CONF.202/5,WHC-2000/CONF.204/10 |
Threats*: | Housing |
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: | France |
Year: | 1994 |
Document Source: | WHC-94/CONF.001/10 |
Threats*: | Air pollution |
States Parties: | France |
Year: | 1992 |
Document Source: | CLT-92/CONF.003/12 |
States Parties: | Poland |
Year: | 2008 |
Document Source: | WHC-08/32.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Slow consultation process with local communities |
States Parties: | Poland |
Year: | 2007 |
Document Source: | WHC-07/31.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Consultation with local communities |
States Parties: | Poland |
Year: | 2006 |
Document Source: | WHC-06/30.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Poland |
Year: | 2005 |
Document Source: | WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Poland |
Year: | 2004 |
Document Source: | WHC-04/28.COM/15B |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Poland |
Year: | 2003 |
Document Source: | WHC.03/27.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Poland |
Year: | 2002 |
Document Source: | WHC-02/CONF.202/17 |
Threats*: | Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Poland |
Year: | 2001 |
Document Source: | WHC-01/CONF.207/INF.6,WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5 |
Threats*: | Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Poland |
Year: | 2000 |
Document Source: | WHC-2000/CONF.202/5,WHC-2000/CONF.204/10 |
Threats*: | Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Poland |
Year: | 1999 |
Document Source: | WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14 |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Issue of the transfer of seven original paintings from the Auschwitz-Birkenau state museum to Mrs. Dina Babbitt, author of the paintings in 1944. |
States Parties: | Poland |
Year: | 1998 |
Document Source: | WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev. |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Poland |
Year: | 1997 |
Document Source: | WHC-97/CONF.204/2B |
Threats*: | Commercial development Localised utilities |
States Parties: | Poland |
Year: | 1996 |
Document Source: | WHC-96/CONF.201/7B,WHC-96/CONF.202/2B |
Threats*: | Commercial development Localised utilities |
States Parties: | Poland |
Year: | 1993 |
Document Source: | WHC-93/CONF.002/14 |
Threats*: | Commercial development |
Other Threats: | Threat to the integrity of the property (not specified - supermarket project?) |
States Parties: | Belgium France |
Year: | 2008 |
Document Source: | WHC-08/32.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure |
States Parties: | Belgium France |
Year: | 2007 |
Document Source: | WHC-07/31.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure |
States Parties: | Belarus Poland |
Year: | 2008 |
Document Source: | WHC-08/32.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | a) Alterations of the hydrological regime; b) Border fence impeding mammal movements |
States Parties: | Belarus Poland |
Year: | 2007 |
Document Source: | WHC-07/31.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | a) Alterations of the hydrological regime; b) Border fence impeding mammal movements |
States Parties: | Belarus Poland |
Year: | 2006 |
Document Source: | WHC-06/30.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | a) Alterations of the hydrological regime; b) Border fence impeding mammal movement |
States Parties: | Belarus Poland |
Year: | 2005 |
Document Source: | WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev |
Threats*: | Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | a) Effect on forest biomes through drainage of agricultural land on the Belarus side and a reservoir on the Polish side; b) Presence of an artificial fence along the international boundary impeding large mammal movement. |
States Parties: | Belarus Poland |
Year: | 2004 |
Document Source: | WHC-04/28.COM/15B |
Threats*: | Air pollution Forestry /wood production Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Temperature change Water (rain/water table) |
Other Threats: | Fencing along the international border |
States Parties: | Belarus Poland |
Year: | 2003 |
Document Source: | WHC.03/27.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Forestry /wood production Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Belarus Poland |
Year: | 2001 |
Document Source: | WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5 |
Threats*: | Forestry /wood production Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Belarus Poland |
Year: | 2000 |
Document Source: | WHC-2000/CONF.203/5,WHC-2000/CONF.204/10 |
Threats*: | Forestry /wood production Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Belarus Poland |
Year: | 1999 |
Document Source: | WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14,WHC.99/CONF.208/5 |
Threats*: | Forestry /wood production Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Belarus Poland |
Year: | 1998 |
Document Source: | WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev. |
Threats*: | Forestry /wood production Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Belarus Poland |
Year: | 1997 |
Document Source: | WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B |
Threats*: | Forestry /wood production Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | France |
Year: | 2008 |
Document Source: | WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Ground transport infrastructure |
States Parties: | Bulgaria |
Year: | 1994 |
Document Source: | WHC-94/CONF.001/3B |
Threats*: | Management activities |
States Parties: | Ireland |
Year: | 2004 |
Document Source: | WHC-04/28.COM/15B |
Threats*: | Localised utilities Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Ireland |
Year: | 2003 |
Document Source: | WHC.03/27.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Localised utilities Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Norway |
Year: | 1994 |
Document Source: | WHC-94/CONF.001/3B |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Risk of uncontrolled property development |
States Parties: | Hungary |
Year: | 2008 |
Document Source: | WHC-08/32.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Lack of conservation of residential housing in the area inscribed as World Heritage |
States Parties: | Hungary |
Year: | 1992 |
Document Source: | WHC-92/CONF.002/5 |
Threats*: | Housing |
States Parties: | Spain |
Year: | 1998 |
Document Source: | WHC-98/CONF.201/3B,WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev. |
Threats*: | Governance Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Need for restoration works |
States Parties: | Spain |
Year: | 1994 |
Document Source: | WHC-94/CONF.001/3B Add.2,WHC-94/CONF.003/6,WHC-94/CONF.003/6 Add. |
Threats*: | Governance Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Need for restoration works |
States Parties: | Spain |
Year: | 1993 |
Document Source: | WHC-93/CONF.002/5 |
Threats*: | Governance Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Need for restoration works |
States Parties: | Albania |
Year: | 2007 |
Document Source: | WHC-07/31.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | a) lack of adequate protection management, and conservation of the site b) Poor state of conservation of the propert |
States Parties: | Albania |
Year: | 2006 |
Document Source: | WHC-06/30.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | a) Lack of adequate protection and conservation of the site b) Poor state of conservation of the property |
States Parties: | Albania |
Year: | 2005 |
Document Source: | WHC-05/29.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | a) Lack of adequate protection and conservation of the site; b) Poor state of conservation of the property ; c) Insufficient implementation of the recommendations of the joint missions |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Albania |
Year: | 2004 |
Document Source: | WHC-04/28.COM/15A.Rev |
Threats*: | Housing Illegal activities Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | a) Lack of adequate protection and conservation of the site; b) Serious deterioration of materials resulting in an important loss of cultural significance |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Albania |
Year: | 2003 |
Document Source: | WHC.03/27.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Financial resources Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Need for monitoring of the situation at the site |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties
Albania Andorra Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Holy See Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Montenegro North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Türkiye Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of AmericaThreats
Management systems/ management plan 285 Housing 179 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 105 Ground transport infrastructure 92 Surface water pollution 64 Legal framework 54 Water infrastructure 49 Illegal activities 45 Mining 44 Management activities 39 Forestry /wood production 35 Financial resources 31 Interpretative and visitation facilities 28 Oil and gas 27 Major linear utilities 26 Storms 24 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 23 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 23 Deliberate destruction of heritage 23 Renewable energy facilities 19 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 19 Water (rain/water table) 18 Earthquake 18 Relative humidity 17 Water (extraction) 16 Marine transport infrastructure 15 Commercial development 14 Industrial areas 14 Localised utilities 14 Solid waste 14 Crop production 14 Invasive / alien freshwater species 13 Air pollution 12 Quarrying 12 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 11 Human resources 11 War 9 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 9 Pollution of marine waters 8 Fire (widlfires) 7 High impact research / monitoring activities 7 Air transport infrastructure 6 Underground transport infrastructure 6 Ground water pollution 6 Input of excess energy 6 Micro-organisms 6 Governance 6 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 5 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4 Temperature 4 Radiation/light 3 Wind 3 Terrorism 3 Flooding 3 Land conversion 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Society's valuing of heritage 2 Civil unrest 2 Temperature change 2 Non-renewable energy facilities 1 Commercial hunting 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Pests 1 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 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.