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State of Conservation

2770
Reports
463
Properties concerned
137
States Parties with SOC reports
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Date Start: 2006close
Statistics by properties (by regions and categories)
Year Property SOC Regions Categories
EUR-NA APA LAC ARB AFR Cultural Natural Mixed
2006
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 135
100%
17% 		135 38
28%
5% 		33
24%
4% 		14
10%
2% 		20
15%
2% 		30
22%
4% 		85
63%
10% 		45
33%
6% 		5
4%
1%
2007
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 165
100%
20% 		165 50
30%
6% 		41
25%
5% 		22
13%
3% 		22
13%
3% 		30
18%
4% 		107
65%
13% 		54
33%
7% 		4
2%
0%
2008
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 158
100%
19% 		158 57
36%
7% 		33
21%
4% 		25
16%
3% 		17
11%
2% 		26
16%
3% 		101
64%
12% 		53
34%
6% 		4
3%
0%
2009
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 178
100%
20% 		178 64
36%
7% 		38
21%
4% 		26
15%
3% 		19
11%
2% 		31
17%
4% 		122
69%
14% 		52
29%
6% 		4
2%
0%
2010
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 149
100%
17% 		149 47
32%
5% 		28
19%
3% 		27
18%
3% 		16
11%
2% 		31
21%
3% 		92
62%
10% 		51
34%
6% 		6
4%
1%
2011
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 172
100%
19% 		172 50
29%
5% 		41
24%
5% 		31
18%
3% 		20
12%
2% 		30
17%
3% 		118
69%
13% 		51
30%
6% 		3
2%
0%
2012
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 148
100%
16% 		148 46
31%
5% 		26
18%
3% 		25
17%
3% 		16
11%
2% 		35
24%
4% 		90
61%
10% 		52
35%
6% 		6
4%
1%
2013
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 169
100%
18% 		169 46
27%
5% 		31
18%
3% 		30
18%
3% 		27
16%
3% 		35
21%
4% 		116
69%
12% 		50
30%
5% 		3
2%
0%
2014
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 150
100%
15% 		150 31
21%
3% 		30
20%
3% 		26
17%
3% 		21
14%
2% 		42
28%
4% 		90
60%
9% 		54
36%
6% 		6
4%
1%
2015
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 141
100%
14% 		141 28
20%
3% 		31
22%
3% 		20
14%
2% 		29
21%
3% 		33
23%
3% 		86
61%
9% 		50
35%
5% 		5
4%
0%
2016
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 156
100%
15% 		156 37
24%
4% 		30
19%
3% 		26
17%
3% 		27
17%
3% 		36
23%
3% 		96
62%
9% 		54
35%
5% 		6
4%
1%
2017
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 154
100%
15% 		154 32
21%
3% 		30
19%
3% 		25
16%
2% 		35
23%
3% 		32
21%
3% 		97
63%
9% 		51
33%
5% 		6
4%
1%
2018
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 157
100%
15% 		157 33
21%
3% 		30
19%
3% 		25
16%
2% 		36
23%
3% 		35
22%
3% 		101
64%
9% 		49
31%
5% 		7
4%
1%
2019
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 166
100%
15% 		166 30
18%
3% 		40
24%
4% 		22
13%
2% 		40
24%
4% 		34
20%
3% 		111
67%
10% 		50
30%
5% 		5
3%
0%
2021
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 255
100% 		255 53
21% 		64
25% 		39
15% 		48
19% 		54
21% 		160
63% 		84
33% 		11
4%
2023
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 257
100% 		257 67
26% 		61
24% 		35
14% 		45
18% 		52
20% 		168
65% 		78
30% 		11
4%
2024
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
 60
49%
5% 		60 11
9%
1% 		14
11%
1% 		8
7%
1% 		24
20%
2% 		3
2%
0% 		51
41%
4% 		9
7%
1% 		0
0%
0%
Threats*
Threats Group of Threats SOC reports Properties
Commercial development Buildings and Development 114 31
Housing Buildings and Development 996 186
Industrial areas Buildings and Development 34 7
Interpretative and visitation facilities Buildings and Development 165 50
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Buildings and Development 326 77
Air transport infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 47 11
Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 139 38
Ground transport infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 517 103
Marine transport infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 114 19
Underground transport infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 68 13
Localised utilities Services Infrastructures 32 14
Major linear utilities Services Infrastructures 76 15
Non-renewable energy facilities Services Infrastructures 31 8
Renewable energy facilities Services Infrastructures 56 17
Water infrastructure Services Infrastructures 261 44
Air pollution Pollution 38 10
Ground water pollution Pollution 33 8
Input of excess energy Pollution 20 4
Pollution of marine waters Pollution 16 7
Solid waste Pollution 120 27
Surface water pollution Pollution 117 18
Aquaculture Biological resource use/modification 4 1
Commercial hunting Biological resource use/modification 44 8
Commercial wild plant collection Biological resource use/modification 0 0
Crop production Biological resource use/modification 80 18
Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Biological resource use/modification 94 20
Forestry /wood production Biological resource use/modification 90 17
Land conversion Biological resource use/modification 420 59
Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Biological resource use/modification 232 32
Subsistence hunting Biological resource use/modification 24 6
Subsistence wild plant collection Biological resource use/modification 4 2
Mining Physical resource extraction 324 51
Oil and gas Physical resource extraction 127 24
Quarrying Physical resource extraction 33 11
Water (extraction) Physical resource extraction 53 11
Dust Local conditions affecting physical fabric 0 0
Micro-organisms Local conditions affecting physical fabric 8 2
Pests Local conditions affecting physical fabric 4 1
Radiation/light Local conditions affecting physical fabric 0 0
Relative humidity Local conditions affecting physical fabric 33 12
Temperature Local conditions affecting physical fabric 5 3
Water (rain/water table) Local conditions affecting physical fabric 169 32
Wind Local conditions affecting physical fabric 37 8
Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Social/cultural uses of heritage 67 14
Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Social/cultural uses of heritage 263 49
Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Social/cultural uses of heritage 553 124
Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Social/cultural uses of heritage 22 4
Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses Social/cultural uses of heritage 14 4
Society's valuing of heritage Social/cultural uses of heritage 50 12
Civil unrest Other human activities 229 25
Deliberate destruction of heritage Other human activities 204 36
Illegal activities Other human activities 696 100
Military training Other human activities 8 4
Terrorism Other human activities 2 1
War Other human activities 231 28
Changes to oceanic waters Climate change and severe weather events 25 5
Desertification Climate change and severe weather events 19 6
Drought Climate change and severe weather events 31 4
Flooding Climate change and severe weather events 99 21
Other climate change impacts Climate change and severe weather events 66 21
Storms Climate change and severe weather events 63 10
Temperature change Climate change and severe weather events 15 4
Avalanche/ landslide Sudden ecological or geological events 15 2
Earthquake Sudden ecological or geological events 69 22
Erosion and siltation/ deposition Sudden ecological or geological events 150 25
Fire (widlfires) Sudden ecological or geological events 74 17
Tsunami/tidal wave Sudden ecological or geological events 1 1
Volcanic eruption Sudden ecological or geological events 1 1
Hyper-abundant species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 5 2
Invasive / alien freshwater species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 45 8
Invasive / alien marine species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 21 3
Invasive/alien terrestrial species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 141 29
Modified genetic material Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 0 0
Translocated species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 17 2
Financial resources Management and institutional factors 282 59
Governance Management and institutional factors 177 40
High impact research / monitoring activities Management and institutional factors 44 11
Human resources Management and institutional factors 284 66
Legal framework Management and institutional factors 423 94
Low impact research / monitoring activities Management and institutional factors 4 3
Management activities Management and institutional factors 407 79
Management systems/ management plan Management and institutional factors 1879 353
Threats by year (SOC reports)*
Threats* Year
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Buildings and Development
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Commercial development 5 4 6 5 1 3 3 5 5 6 3 8 9 9 18 19 5
Housing 46 60 58 71 55 64 52 54 52 50 48 58 50 65 92 92 29
Industrial areas 1 1 0 2 1 3 2 3 2 1 4 1 3 0 4 5 1
Interpretative and visitation facilities 5 7 6 9 4 8 6 6 7 8 10 13 14 15 24 20 3
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 9 16 13 22 18 23 13 15 21 14 23 20 22 20 33 37 7
Transportation Infrastructure
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Air transport infrastructure 2 2 1 4 0 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 5 4 7 6 1
Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 6 7 10 15 8 14 4 7 4 6 8 8 8 9 10 12 3
Ground transport infrastructure 21 28 28 28 23 28 24 26 26 30 31 38 29 39 53 54 11
Marine transport infrastructure 1 2 6 7 7 8 8 7 7 6 7 8 7 9 11 11 2
Underground transport infrastructure 0 1 2 3 3 5 2 4 2 3 5 7 7 6 9 8 1
Services Infrastructures
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Localised utilities 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 4 2 1 3 3 4 2 3 2 2
Major linear utilities 3 4 3 4 1 3 4 4 5 6 3 6 5 5 10 9 1
Non-renewable energy facilities 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 3 3 3 0 3 0 3 5 6 0
Renewable energy facilities 1 1 2 0 3 1 2 3 4 6 5 4 5 3 7 7 2
Water infrastructure 9 13 12 10 14 11 15 13 14 15 17 19 15 22 29 28 5
Pollution
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Air pollution 3 1 2 1 4 0 3 0 3 1 2 1 3 3 6 4 1
Ground water pollution 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 0 1 4 4 1
Input of excess energy 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 0
Pollution of marine waters 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 1
Solid waste 7 10 7 5 8 5 7 6 5 7 6 6 6 7 11 13 4
Surface water pollution 5 4 7 3 6 7 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 7 12 9 3
Biological resource use/modification
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Aquaculture 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
Commercial hunting 1 1 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 6 5 5 0
Commercial wild plant collection 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crop production 10 11 3 4 3 6 3 2 4 5 1 7 3 4 6 6 2
Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4 4 5 4 3 3 3 6 5 3 7 6 7 7 10 12 5
Forestry /wood production 6 4 5 6 4 0 4 3 3 5 5 8 6 8 12 10 1
Land conversion 14 17 17 22 20 23 22 23 26 29 27 34 25 34 40 37 10
Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 10 11 12 15 11 13 16 16 12 15 15 15 13 16 20 18 4
Subsistence hunting 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 3 0
Subsistence wild plant collection 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
Physical resource extraction
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Mining 14 12 13 16 18 17 20 18 20 20 22 20 21 21 35 33 4
Oil and gas 3 3 6 6 6 8 8 10 11 7 11 7 10 8 11 12 0
Quarrying 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 4 2 5 6 2
Water (extraction) 2 2 2 3 4 2 2 2 5 2 3 5 3 4 6 6 0
Local conditions affecting physical fabric
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Dust 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Micro-organisms 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pests 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
Radiation/light 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Relative humidity 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3
Temperature 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Water (rain/water table) 9 10 8 9 7 9 9 11 7 8 6 12 7 14 20 17 6
Wind 4 3 1 3 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 3 3 2 2
Social/cultural uses of heritage
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 4 3 4 4 6 9 9 3
Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 16 21 13 17 14 19 12 13 13 16 12 17 13 18 21 24 4
Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 30 36 24 27 19 21 28 22 35 25 33 34 36 42 70 62 9
Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1
Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 3 2 2 1
Society's valuing of heritage 1 1 1 3 2 3 2 0 1 0 4 3 6 5 9 6 3
Other human activities
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Civil unrest 12 13 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 16 16 17 14 15 16 17 3
Deliberate destruction of heritage 8 10 14 18 14 13 12 12 10 10 10 12 10 12 15 14 10
Illegal activities 34 41 35 44 34 42 41 37 44 38 43 43 39 43 62 58 18
Military training 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 1
Terrorism 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
War 5 7 6 6 5 5 9 15 15 15 16 22 23 22 22 22 16
Climate change and severe weather events
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Changes to oceanic waters 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 4 4 2
Desertification 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 3 3 4
Drought 2 2 1 0 2 2 3 1 3 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 0
Flooding 6 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 4 7 4 7 4 8 8 8 8
Other climate change impacts 0 0 0 3 1 2 4 3 3 2 3 4 4 6 15 12 4
Storms 2 1 2 2 2 6 4 5 6 4 3 4 3 4 6 6 3
Temperature change 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Sudden ecological or geological events
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Avalanche/ landslide 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
Earthquake 4 5 4 5 4 5 8 2 3 1 3 2 4 3 5 5 6
Erosion and siltation/ deposition 7 9 3 10 5 10 7 9 8 10 8 12 8 11 14 12 7
Fire (widlfires) 3 3 2 3 4 4 2 6 3 5 3 5 5 5 10 9 2
Tsunami/tidal wave 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Volcanic eruption 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Hyper-abundant species 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
Invasive / alien freshwater species 3 3 2 3 1 3 3 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 5 5 1
Invasive / alien marine species 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
Invasive/alien terrestrial species 7 5 7 5 6 3 8 6 6 6 10 12 9 12 18 17 4
Modified genetic material 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Translocated species 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Management and institutional factors
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Financial resources 15 18 17 16 15 18 16 10 15 9 15 15 17 17 32 30 7
Governance 3 3 5 6 7 6 8 7 8 8 13 11 18 14 29 27 4
High impact research / monitoring activities 1 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 2 2 3 3 2 4 4 3 1
Human resources 15 18 11 19 9 16 13 13 13 13 15 20 18 20 34 30 7
Legal framework 17 12 15 13 18 19 23 24 23 21 28 30 31 35 53 48 13
Low impact research / monitoring activities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0
Management activities 13 16 20 25 20 25 24 23 27 25 25 30 24 28 37 33 12
Management systems/ management plan 84 99 96 104 95 108 96 106 101 95 113 108 117 123 196 195 43
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* : 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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