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State of Conservation

738
Reports
306
Properties concerned
121
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 2019close
Statistics by properties (by regions and categories)
Year Property SOC Regions Categories
EUR-NA APA LAC ARB AFR Cultural Natural Mixed
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 51 22
Housing Buildings and Development 278 109
Industrial areas Buildings and Development 10 5
Interpretative and visitation facilities Buildings and Development 62 27
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Buildings and Development 97 42
Air transport infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 18 7
Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 34 13
Ground transport infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 157 61
Marine transport infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 33 12
Underground transport infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 24 9
Localised utilities Services Infrastructures 9 4
Major linear utilities Services Infrastructures 25 11
Non-renewable energy facilities Services Infrastructures 14 7
Renewable energy facilities Services Infrastructures 19 9
Water infrastructure Services Infrastructures 84 33
Air pollution Pollution 14 6
Ground water pollution Pollution 10 4
Input of excess energy Pollution 5 2
Pollution of marine waters Pollution 4 2
Solid waste Pollution 35 14
Surface water pollution Pollution 31 12
Aquaculture Biological resource use/modification 3 1
Commercial hunting Biological resource use/modification 16 6
Commercial wild plant collection Biological resource use/modification 0 0
Crop production Biological resource use/modification 18 6
Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Biological resource use/modification 34 13
Forestry /wood production Biological resource use/modification 31 12
Land conversion Biological resource use/modification 121 44
Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Biological resource use/modification 58 20
Subsistence hunting Biological resource use/modification 8 3
Subsistence wild plant collection Biological resource use/modification 2 1
Mining Physical resource extraction 93 38
Oil and gas Physical resource extraction 31 14
Quarrying Physical resource extraction 15 6
Water (extraction) Physical resource extraction 16 7
Dust Local conditions affecting physical fabric 0 0
Micro-organisms Local conditions affecting physical fabric 0 0
Pests Local conditions affecting physical fabric 3 1
Radiation/light Local conditions affecting physical fabric 0 0
Relative humidity Local conditions affecting physical fabric 12 4
Temperature Local conditions affecting physical fabric 0 0
Water (rain/water table) Local conditions affecting physical fabric 57 21
Wind Local conditions affecting physical fabric 10 3
Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Social/cultural uses of heritage 27 10
Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Social/cultural uses of heritage 67 26
Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Social/cultural uses of heritage 183 80
Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Social/cultural uses of heritage 6 2
Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses Social/cultural uses of heritage 8 3
Society's valuing of heritage Social/cultural uses of heritage 23 9
Civil unrest Other human activities 51 19
Deliberate destruction of heritage Other human activities 51 16
Illegal activities Other human activities 181 65
Military training Other human activities 5 2
Terrorism Other human activities 2 1
War Other human activities 82 23
Changes to oceanic waters Climate change and severe weather events 12 4
Desertification Climate change and severe weather events 13 5
Drought Climate change and severe weather events 8 3
Flooding Climate change and severe weather events 32 13
Other climate change impacts Climate change and severe weather events 37 17
Storms Climate change and severe weather events 19 6
Temperature change Climate change and severe weather events 2 1
Avalanche/ landslide Sudden ecological or geological events 3 1
Earthquake Sudden ecological or geological events 19 9
Erosion and siltation/ deposition Sudden ecological or geological events 44 17
Fire (widlfires) Sudden ecological or geological events 26 13
Tsunami/tidal wave Sudden ecological or geological events 0 0
Volcanic eruption Sudden ecological or geological events 0 0
Hyper-abundant species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 3 1
Invasive / alien freshwater species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 12 5
Invasive / alien marine species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 6 2
Invasive/alien terrestrial species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 51 18
Modified genetic material Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 0 0
Translocated species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 3 1
Financial resources Management and institutional factors 86 34
Governance Management and institutional factors 74 34
High impact research / monitoring activities Management and institutional factors 12 5
Human resources Management and institutional factors 91 35
Legal framework Management and institutional factors 149 56
Low impact research / monitoring activities Management and institutional factors 3 2
Management activities Management and institutional factors 110 43
Management systems/ management plan Management and institutional factors 557 236
Threats by year (SOC reports)*
Threats* Year
2019 2021 2023 2024
Buildings and Development
2019 2021 2023 2024
Commercial development 9 18 19 5
Housing 65 92 92 29
Industrial areas 0 4 5 1
Interpretative and visitation facilities 15 24 20 3
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 20 33 37 7
Transportation Infrastructure
2019 2021 2023 2024
Air transport infrastructure 4 7 6 1
Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 9 10 12 3
Ground transport infrastructure 39 53 54 11
Marine transport infrastructure 9 11 11 2
Underground transport infrastructure 6 9 8 1
Services Infrastructures
2019 2021 2023 2024
Localised utilities 2 3 2 2
Major linear utilities 5 10 9 1
Non-renewable energy facilities 3 5 6 0
Renewable energy facilities 3 7 7 2
Water infrastructure 22 29 28 5
Pollution
2019 2021 2023 2024
Air pollution 3 6 4 1
Ground water pollution 1 4 4 1
Input of excess energy 1 2 2 0
Pollution of marine waters 1 1 1 1
Solid waste 7 11 13 4
Surface water pollution 7 12 9 3
Biological resource use/modification
2019 2021 2023 2024
Aquaculture 1 1 1 0
Commercial hunting 6 5 5 0
Commercial wild plant collection 0 0 0 0
Crop production 4 6 6 2
Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 10 12 5
Forestry /wood production 8 12 10 1
Land conversion 34 40 37 10
Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 16 20 18 4
Subsistence hunting 2 3 3 0
Subsistence wild plant collection 0 1 1 0
Physical resource extraction
2019 2021 2023 2024
Mining 21 35 33 4
Oil and gas 8 11 12 0
Quarrying 2 5 6 2
Water (extraction) 4 6 6 0
Local conditions affecting physical fabric
2019 2021 2023 2024
Dust 0 0 0 0
Micro-organisms 0 0 0 0
Pests 1 1 1 0
Radiation/light 0 0 0 0
Relative humidity 3 3 3 3
Temperature 0 0 0 0
Water (rain/water table) 14 20 17 6
Wind 3 3 2 2
Social/cultural uses of heritage
2019 2021 2023 2024
Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 6 9 9 3
Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 18 21 24 4
Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 42 70 62 9
Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 2 2 1 1
Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 3 2 2 1
Society's valuing of heritage 5 9 6 3
Other human activities
2019 2021 2023 2024
Civil unrest 15 16 17 3
Deliberate destruction of heritage 12 15 14 10
Illegal activities 43 62 58 18
Military training 1 1 2 1
Terrorism 0 1 1 0
War 22 22 22 16
Climate change and severe weather events
2019 2021 2023 2024
Changes to oceanic waters 2 4 4 2
Desertification 3 3 3 4
Drought 2 3 3 0
Flooding 8 8 8 8
Other climate change impacts 6 15 12 4
Storms 4 6 6 3
Temperature change 0 1 1 0
Sudden ecological or geological events
2019 2021 2023 2024
Avalanche/ landslide 1 1 1 0
Earthquake 3 5 5 6
Erosion and siltation/ deposition 11 14 12 7
Fire (widlfires) 5 10 9 2
Tsunami/tidal wave 0 0 0 0
Volcanic eruption 0 0 0 0
Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species
2019 2021 2023 2024
Hyper-abundant species 1 1 1 0
Invasive / alien freshwater species 1 5 5 1
Invasive / alien marine species 2 2 1 1
Invasive/alien terrestrial species 12 18 17 4
Modified genetic material 0 0 0 0
Translocated species 1 1 1 0
Management and institutional factors
2019 2021 2023 2024
Financial resources 17 32 30 7
Governance 14 29 27 4
High impact research / monitoring activities 4 4 3 1
Human resources 20 34 30 7
Legal framework 35 53 48 13
Low impact research / monitoring activities 0 2 1 0
Management activities 28 37 33 12
Management systems/ management plan 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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