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State of Conservation

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69
Properties concerned
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States Parties with SOC reports
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Date end:2012close
Region: Asia and the Pacificclose
Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde (1996)
States Parties: China
Year: 1996
Document Source: WHC-96/CONF.201/7B
Threats*: Air pollution Housing Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Many buildings in a bad state of conservation
My Son Sanctuary (2002)
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 2002
Document Source: WHC-02/CONF.201/11Rev,WHC-02/CONF.202/17,WHC-02/CONF.202/2
Other Threats: Presence of unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (2012)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (2011)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 2011
Document Source: WHC-11/35.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (2010)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 2010
Document Source: WHC-10/34.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (2009)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (2008)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure Tsunami/tidal wave
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (2005)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Tsunami/tidal wave
Other Threats: Lack of maintenance of historic buildings and lack of control on building activities within the World Heritage historic centre
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (2001)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (1999)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (1997)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Old Town of Lijiang (2011)
States Parties: China
Year: 2011
Document Source: WHC-11/35.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Old Town of Lijiang (2009)
States Parties: China
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: a) Progressive loss of integrity and authenticity
Old Town of Lijiang (2008)
States Parties: China
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Old Town of Lijiang (2007)
States Parties: China
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Commercial development Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Interpretative and visitation facilities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Parthian Fortresses of Nisa (2010)
States Parties: Turkmenistan
Year: 2010
Document Source: WHC-10/34.COM/7B
Threats*: High impact research / monitoring activities Management systems/ management plan
Parthian Fortresses of Nisa (2009)
States Parties: Turkmenistan
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Parthian Fortresses of Nisa (2008)
States Parties: Turkmenistan
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Interpretative and visitation facilities
Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian (2001)
States Parties: China
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Mining Quarrying
Other Threats: Lack of maintenance ; Industrial pollution
Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian (2000)
States Parties: China
Year: 2000
Document Source: WHC-2000/CONF.204/10
Threats*: Financial resources Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of maintenance ; Halt of site excavations
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Afghanistan Bangladesh Cambodia China India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Japan Lao People's Democratic Republic Malaysia Nepal Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Sri Lanka Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Viet Nam
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 253 Housing 133 Management activities 90 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 70 Ground transport infrastructure 67 Legal framework 62 Illegal activities 46 Financial resources 38 Human resources 38 Water (rain/water table) 31 Deliberate destruction of heritage 31 Commercial development 27 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 26 Interpretative and visitation facilities 25 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 22 Land conversion 21 Relative humidity 20 Civil unrest 18 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 17 Earthquake 11 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 10 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 9 Society's valuing of heritage 9 Air pollution 8 Storms 7 Localised utilities 6 Major linear utilities 6 Flooding 6 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 6 Marine transport infrastructure 5 Water infrastructure 5 Avalanche/ landslide 5 Underground transport infrastructure 4 Quarrying 4 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 4 High impact research / monitoring activities 4 Air transport infrastructure 3 Solid waste 3 Wind 2 Tsunami/tidal wave 2 Industrial areas 1 Input of excess energy 1 Mining 1 Temperature 1 Terrorism 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Fire (widlfires) 1 Volcanic eruption 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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