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State of Conservation

952
Reports
183
Properties concerned
43
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 2001close
Region: Europe and North Americaclose
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Category of site
Cultural site Natural site Mixed site

Site inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger
Cultural site Natural site Mixed site

Threats
Management systems/ management plan 577 Housing 364 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 207 Ground transport infrastructure 194 Legal framework 147 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 113 Illegal activities 103 Management activities 102 Mining 81 Water infrastructure 69 Interpretative and visitation facilities 61 Surface water pollution 60 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 55 Oil and gas 55 Major linear utilities 50 Marine transport infrastructure 43 Commercial development 40 Deliberate destruction of heritage 39 Renewable energy facilities 38 Land conversion 38 Forestry /wood production 35 Financial resources 32 Solid waste 28 Underground transport infrastructure 25 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 25 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 23 Governance 23 Water (extraction) 22 Civil unrest 21 Storms 21 Fire (widlfires) 21 Human resources 20 Water (rain/water table) 19 Earthquake 19 Invasive / alien freshwater species 19 Quarrying 18 Input of excess energy 17 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 17 Non-renewable energy facilities 15 Ground water pollution 15 Society's valuing of heritage 15 Air pollution 13 High impact research / monitoring activities 13 Localised utilities 12 Pollution of marine waters 12 Other climate change impacts 12 Crop production 10 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 8 Air transport infrastructure 7 Commercial hunting 7 Micro-organisms 6 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 5 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 5 Flooding 5 Temperature change 5 Industrial areas 4 Subsistence hunting 3 Relative humidity 3 Wind 3 War 3 Low impact research / monitoring activities 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Temperature 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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