State of Conservation
78
Reports
78
Properties concerned
72
States Parties with SOC reports
Property Category:Naturalclose
Date Start:
2023close
Date end:2023close
States Parties: | Central African Republic Congo Cameroon |
Year: | 2023 |
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Forestry /wood production Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Mining |
States Parties: | United Republic of Tanzania |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2 |
Threats*: | Financial resources Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Water infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Significant decline of wildlife populations due to poaching ; Need for increased involvement of local communities |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | United Republic of Tanzania |
Year: | 2023 |
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Air transport infrastructure Drought Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Water (extraction) Water infrastructure |
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: | Ethiopia |
Year: | 2023 |
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Crop production Financial resources Governance Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts |
Other Threats: | Declining populations of Walia ibex, Ethiopian wolf and other large mammal species; Human wildlife conflicts |
States Parties: | Yemen |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Governance Ground transport infrastructure Invasive / alien marine species Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Solid waste Storms |
States Parties: | Costa Rica Panama |
Year: | 2023 |
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Lack of a long-term biological monitoring program |
States Parties: | Bangladesh |
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: | Indonesia |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2 |
Threats*: | Governance Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Renewable energy facilities |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Russian Federation |
Year: | 2023 |
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Mining |
States Parties: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2 |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Oil and gas War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Russian Federation |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Fire (widlfires) Governance Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Legal framework Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan Mining Renewable energy facilities |
Other Threats: | Decline in populations of wild reindeer and snow sheep |
States Parties: | Burkina Faso Benin Niger |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2 |
Threats*: | Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Terrorism |
States Parties: | Germany Denmark Netherlands (Kingdom of the) |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2 |
Threats*: | Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Russian Federation |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Uzbekistan |
Year: | 2023 |
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2 |
Threats*: | Human resources Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Canada |
Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Air pollution Governance Ground water pollution Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Other climate change impacts Renewable energy facilities Water infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Lack of engagement with First Nations and Metis in monitoring activities and insufficient consideration of traditional ecological knowledge; Insufficiently understood cumulative impacts of multiple development pressures |
States Parties
Albania Australia Austria Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Benin Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Canada Central African Republic China Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Ecuador Ethiopia France Germany Guinea Honduras India Indonesia Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Madagascar Malawi Mauritania Mexico Mongolia Montenegro Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Niger North Macedonia Panama Poland Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sudan Switzerland Thailand Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 53 Illegal activities 39 Mining 28 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 25 Water infrastructure 21 Ground transport infrastructure 18 Land conversion 16 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 15 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 14 Financial resources 13 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 12 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 12 Human resources 12 Oil and gas 11 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 11 Governance 10 Legal framework 10 Forestry /wood production 9 Civil unrest 8 Other climate change impacts 8 Major linear utilities 7 Fire (widlfires) 7 Renewable energy facilities 6 Housing 5 Solid waste 5 Surface water pollution 5 Commercial hunting 5 Water (extraction) 5 Storms 5 Invasive / alien freshwater species 5 Non-renewable energy facilities 4 War 4 Marine transport infrastructure 3 Air pollution 3 Crop production 3 Subsistence hunting 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Drought 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Ground water pollution 2 Commercial development 1 Industrial areas 1 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Localised utilities 1 Input of excess energy 1 Pollution of marine waters 1 Aquaculture 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Quarrying 1 Water (rain/water table) 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Military training 1 Terrorism 1 Temperature change 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Hyper-abundant species 1 Invasive / alien marine species 1 Translocated species 1 Management 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.