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State of Conservation

3928
Reports
570
Properties concerned
144
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 1997close
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 2000
Document Source: WHC-2000/CONF.202/5,WHC-2000/CONF.204/10
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Marine transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Risks linked to addressing environmental impacts of individual projects to the neglect of monitoring cumulative impacts of the overall development of Ha Long City and other areas surrounding the World Heritage area
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Marine transport infrastructure
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3B,WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Marine transport infrastructure
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Marine transport infrastructure
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Housing
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2002
Document Source: WHC-02/CONF.202/17
Threats*: Commercial development
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Commercial development
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities War
Other Threats: Major looting of Iraqi archaeological sites 
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities War
Other Threats: Major looting of Iraqi archaeological sites 
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7A
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities War
Other Threats: Major looting of Iraqi archaeological sites 
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2019
Document Source: WHC/19/43.COM/7A.Add,WHC/19/43.COM/7A.add.2
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage War
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Human resources Illegal activities Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: particularly worrying state of conservation
States Parties: Australia
Year: 2000
Document Source: WHC-2000/CONF.202/5
Threats*: Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14,WHC.99/CONF.208/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
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Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) New Zealand Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Togo Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 2556 Housing 1251 Illegal activities 948 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 749 Ground transport infrastructure 733 Management activities 545 Legal framework 543 Land conversion 530 Mining 432 Financial resources 415 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 391 Human resources 382 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 381 Water infrastructure 323 Civil unrest 304 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 292 War 267 Deliberate destruction of heritage 257 Water (rain/water table) 240 Interpretative and visitation facilities 215 Governance 192 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 189 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 187 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 176 Surface water pollution 167 Oil and gas 167 Commercial development 165 Solid waste 160 Marine transport infrastructure 146 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 134 Forestry /wood production 134 Flooding 119 Major linear utilities 114 Storms 107 Fire (widlfires) 101 Crop production 99 Earthquake 95 Underground transport infrastructure 78 Other climate change impacts 76 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 73 Renewable energy facilities 72 Water (extraction) 68 Society's valuing of heritage 66 Invasive / alien freshwater species 62 Relative humidity 60 Air pollution 59 High impact research / monitoring activities 57 Air transport infrastructure 56 Commercial hunting 56 Industrial areas 47 Localised utilities 46 Wind 46 Quarrying 43 Ground water pollution 41 Subsistence hunting 39 Drought 34 Non-renewable energy facilities 33 Input of excess energy 32 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 31 Invasive / alien marine species 28 Changes to oceanic waters 26 Avalanche/ landslide 26 Desertification 24 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 23 Pollution of marine waters 20 Temperature change 19 Translocated species 17 Micro-organisms 10 Temperature 9 Military training 9 Volcanic eruption 9 Subsistence wild plant collection 5 Hyper-abundant species 5 Low impact research / monitoring activities 5 Aquaculture 4 Pests 4 Terrorism 4 Tsunami/tidal wave 3

* : 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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