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State of Conservation

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57
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Region: Europe and North Americaclose
Auschwitz Birkenau
German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) (2008)
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
Belfries of Belgium and France (2008)
States Parties: Belgium France
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure
Białowieża Forest (2008)
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
Bordeaux, Port of the Moon (2008)
States Parties: France
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Ground transport infrastructure
Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue (2008)
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
City of Bath (2008)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing
Cologne Cathedral (2008)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Curonian Spit (2008)
States Parties: Lithuania Russian Federation
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas Solid waste Surface water pollution
Danube Delta (2008)
States Parties: Romania
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Localised utilities Surface water pollution
Other Threats: Deepwater navigation waterway through the Bystre mouth of the Danube River
Dresden Elbe Valley (2008)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7A
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure
Danger List:  Yes
Durmitor National Park (2008)
States Parties: Montenegro
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Everglades National Park (2008)
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground water pollution Housing Storms Surface water pollution Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Mercury contamination of fish and wildlife
Gelati Monastery (2008)
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: General need for interior and exterior conservation work on the monuments
Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast (2008)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Golden Mountains of Altai (2008)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Major linear utilities Oil and gas
Heart of Neolithic Orkney (2008)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Renewable energy facilities
Henderson Island (2008)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan
Historic Areas of Istanbul (2008)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add2
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Continued degradation of the vernacular architecture within the protected zones (particularly Ottoman-period timber houses in the Zeyrek and Süleymaniye core areas);
Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn (2008)
States Parties: Estonia
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Impact of the transportation of hazardous materials to the Old Town
Historic Centre of Prague (2008)
States Parties: Czechia
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Historic Centre of Riga (2008)
States Parties: Latvia
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add2
Threats*: Housing Legal framework
Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments (2008)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Historic Centre of Sighişoara (2008)
States Parties: Romania
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of monuments in general and the fortifications in particular
Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg (2008)
States Parties: Austria
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing
Historic Centre of Vienna (2008)
States Parties: Austria
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing
Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl (2008)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Housing
Historical Monuments of Mtskheta (2008)
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) (2008)
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure Quarrying
Kizhi Pogost (2008)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Structural integrity of the Church of the Transfiguration
Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow (2008)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing
Other Threats: Erection of a monument in honour of Marshal G. Zhukov
Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (2008)
States Parties: Ukraine
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing
Lake Baikal (2008)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Legal framework Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution
Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (2008)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Housing Management systems/ management plan
Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley (2008)
States Parties: Andorra
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Medieval Monuments in Kosovo (2008)
States Parties: Serbia
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.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
Megalithic Temples of Malta (2008)
States Parties: Malta
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Illegal activities Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Mount Athos (2008)
States Parties: Greece
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Earthquake Forestry /wood production Ground transport infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Fire
Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (2008)
States Parties: Montenegro
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Earthquake Housing Management systems/ management plan
Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve (2008)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (2008)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Solid waste
Other Threats: Fire
Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar (2008)
States Parties: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Other Threats: Cracks at the Mostar bridge
Old City of Salamanca (2008)
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn (2008)
States Parties: Austria
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing
Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (2008)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley (2008)
States Parties: France
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add2
Threats*: Micro-organisms
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (2008)
States Parties: Spain France
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Sceilg Mhichíl (2008)
States Parties: Ireland
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (2008)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape (2008)
States Parties: Hungary
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Non-renewable energy facilities
Tower of London (2008)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Upper Middle Rhine Valley (2008)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Input of excess energy
Vilnius Historic Centre (2008)
States Parties: Lithuania
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing Management systems/ management plan
Volcanoes of Kamchatka (2008)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Renewable energy facilities
Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower (2008)
States Parties: Azerbaijan
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7A
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Western Caucasus (2008)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Works of Antoni Gaudí (2008)
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Underground transport infrastructure
Yellowstone National Park (2008)
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Air pollution Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Input of excess energy Invasive / alien freshwater species Management systems/ management plan Mining Surface water pollution
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Andorra Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Czechia Estonia France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Malta Montenegro Poland Romania Russian Federation Serbia Spain Türkiye Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of America
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 35 Housing 23 Ground transport infrastructure 13 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 10 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 5 Surface water pollution 5 Illegal activities 5 Legal framework 5 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Management activities 4 Commercial development 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 3 Major linear utilities 3 Oil and gas 3 Interpretative and visitation facilities 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Water infrastructure 2 Input of excess energy 2 Solid waste 2 Forestry /wood production 2 Mining 2 Earthquake 2 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 2 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Underground transport infrastructure 1 Localised utilities 1 Non-renewable energy facilities 1 Air pollution 1 Ground water pollution 1 Land conversion 1 Quarrying 1 Micro-organisms 1 Civil unrest 1 Storms 1 Fire (widlfires) 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 1 Financial resources 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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