State of Conservation
86
Reports
63
Properties concerned
25
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start:
2023close
Region:
Asia and the Pacificclose
| States Parties: |
 Sri Lanka
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| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Commercial development Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
Sri Lanka
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| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Commercial development Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
 Kiribati
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| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Fishing/collecting aquatic resources |
| Other Threats: | Degradation of seamounts |
| States Parties: |
Kiribati
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| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
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| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources |
| States Parties: |
 Viet Nam
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| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
Sri Lanka
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Pests Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses Water (rain/water table) |
| Other Threats: | Continued deterioration of the paintings; General deterioration of the Golden Temple |
| States Parties: |
 Republic of Korea
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Commercial development Housing Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
Republic of Korea
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| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 Nepal
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| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Air pollution Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Input of excess energy Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Mining Other climate change impacts Quarrying Solid waste Subsistence wild plant collection |
| Other Threats: | Human-wildlife conflict |
| States Parties: |
 Uzbekistan
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| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
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| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Conservation of urban fabric |
| States Parties: |
 Japan
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Aquaculture Hyper-abundant species Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts Water infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
 China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan
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| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Comparative fragility of many sites |
| States Parties: |
Japan
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.3 |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure |
| Other Threats: |
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| States Parties: |
 Cambodia
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Risk of collapse of some temples |
| States Parties: |
 India Japan
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2 |
| Threats*: | Governance Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 Bangladesh
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| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2 |
| Threats*: | Changes to oceanic waters Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Non-renewable energy facilities Pollution of marine waters Storms Water infrastructure |
| Other Threats: | Need for an assessment of cumulative impacts on the property via a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) |
| States Parties: |
China
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Commercial hunting Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Mining Water infrastructure |
| Other Threats: | Apparent decline in wildlife populations |
| States Parties: |
 Lao People's Democratic Republic
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Air transport infrastructure Governance Ground transport infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
| Other Threats: | Condition of historic buildings requiring physical conservation works; Need for urban design guidelines |
| States Parties: |
Lao People's Democratic Republic
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| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
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| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Governance Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
Viet Nam
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Commercial development Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties
Afghanistan Australia Bangladesh Cambodia China India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Japan Kazakhstan Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Thailand Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 64 Housing 31 Ground transport infrastructure 23 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 22 Illegal activities 19 Water infrastructure 14 Human resources 13 Management activities 13 Commercial development 11 Financial resources 11 Legal framework 11 Land conversion 10 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 9 Mining 9 Other climate change impacts 9 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 8 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 6 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 6 Governance 6 Industrial areas 5 Marine transport infrastructure 5 Changes to oceanic waters 5 Storms 5 Interpretative and visitation facilities 4 Air transport infrastructure 4 Underground transport infrastructure 4 Solid waste 4 Forestry /wood production 4 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 4 Earthquake 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Air pollution 3 Surface water pollution 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 3 Deliberate destruction of heritage 3 Flooding 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Ground water pollution 2 Pollution of marine waters 2 Crop production 2 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 2 Water (extraction) 2 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 2 Civil unrest 2 Temperature change 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Input of excess energy 1 Aquaculture 1 Commercial hunting 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Quarrying 1 Pests 1 Water (rain/water table) 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Military training 1 Hyper-abundant species 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 1 High impact research / monitoring activities 1 Low impact research / monitoring activities 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.
