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State of Conservation

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208
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Roșia Montană Mining Landscape (2024)
States Parties: Romania
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Roșia Montană Mining Landscape (2023)
States Parties: Romania
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada) (2023)
States Parties: Portugal
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Royal Palaces of Abomey (2023)
States Parties: Benin
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Fire at the site
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty (2024)
States Parties: Republic of Korea
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty (2023)
States Parties: Republic of Korea
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara (2023)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of the architectural heritage fabric
Rwenzori Mountains National Park (2023)
States Parties: Uganda
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Saint Catherine Area (2023)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Salonga National Park (2023)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures (2023)
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Conservation of urban fabric
Samarra Archaeological City (2024)
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Weathering and lack of maintenance affecting the fragile structures Encroachment, urban sprawl and bulldozing activities
Danger List:  Yes
Samarra Archaeological City (2023)
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Weathering and lack of maintenance affecting the fragile structures
Danger List:  Yes
Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park (2023)
States Parties: Sudan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need to establish a code of conduct including formal rules and regulations for all dive operators
Selous Game Reserve (2023)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Significant decline of wildlife populations due to poaching ; Need for increased involvement of local communities
Danger List:  Yes
Settlement and Artificial Mummification of the Chinchorro Culture in the Arica and Parinacota Region (2023)
States Parties: Chile
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: General maintenance, including for unprotected archaeological remains on the surface
Shiretoko (2023)
States Parties: Japan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor (2023)
States Parties: China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Comparative fragility of many sites
Simien National Park (2023)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Declining populations of Walia ibex, Ethiopian wolf and other large mammal species; Human wildlife conflicts
Site of Palmyra (2024)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: serious weathering of many stone blocks
Danger List:  Yes
Site of Palmyra (2023)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: serious weathering of many stone blocks
Danger List:  Yes
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (2023)
States Parties: Japan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.3
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats:
Sítio Roberto Burle Marx (2024)
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Socotra Archipelago (2024)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Socotra Archipelago (2023)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Stone Town of Zanzibar (2023)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Natural disasters and lack of risk-preparedness
Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d’Ivoire (2023)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Inappropriate interventions at Kouto, Kaouara, Sorobango and Samatiguila mosques
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (2023)
States Parties: Costa Rica Panama
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of a long-term biological monitoring program
Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of Ancient Ishanapura (2023)
States Parties: Cambodia
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Risk of collapse of some temples
The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities (2023)
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Highly unstable conservation conditions of the archaeological sites
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (2023)
States Parties: Argentina Belgium Switzerland Germany France India Japan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
The Great Spa Towns of Europe (2023)
States Parties: Austria Belgium Czechia Germany France United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Italy
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
The Historic Centre of Odesa (2024)
States Parties: Ukraine
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
The Porticoes of Bologna (2023)
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
The Sundarbans (2023)
States Parties: Bangladesh
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need for an assessment of cumulative impacts on the property via a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site (2023)
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas (2023)
States Parties: China
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Apparent decline in wildlife populations
Timbuktu (2024)
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Timbuktu (2023)
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture (2023)
States Parties: Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Tomb of Askia (2024)
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Tomb of Askia (2023)
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi (2023)
States Parties: Uganda
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Fire
Danger List:  Yes
Town of Luang Prabang (2024)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Condition of historic buildings requiring physical conservation works; Need for urban design guidelines
Town of Luang Prabang (2023)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Trang An Landscape Complex (2023)
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (2023)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Tyre (2023)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) (2023)
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Unstable structures and lack of security
Upper Middle Rhine Valley (2023)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape (2023)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar (2023)
States Parties: Croatia Italy Montenegro
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.3
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats:
Venice and its Lagoon (2023)
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Climate change and severe weather events / Climate Change impacts on the lagoon ecology and built fabric
Virgin Komi Forests (2023)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Volcanoes of Kamchatka (2023)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Decline in populations of wild reindeer and snow sheep
W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (2024)
States Parties: Burkina Faso Benin Niger
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (2023)
States Parties: Burkina Faso Benin Niger
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Wadden Sea (2023)
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*: Management systems/ management plan
Wadi Rum Protected Area (2023)
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Western Caucasus (2024)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Western Caucasus (2023)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Western Tien-Shan (2023)
States Parties: Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Uzbekistan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Wood Buffalo National Park (2023)
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
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
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Afghanistan Albania Algeria Argentina Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Guinea Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iraq Italy Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Lesotho Libya Malawi Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Niger North Macedonia Pakistan Panama Peru Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania Russian Federation 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 Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
Threats
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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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