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State of Conservation

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Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (2009)
States Parties: Central African Republic
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Financial resources Human resources Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining
Danger List:  Yes
Maya Site of Copan (2009)
States Parties: Honduras
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure High impact research / monitoring activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of construction materials due to natural decay phenomena
Medieval Monuments in Kosovo (2009)
States Parties: Serbia
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7A.Add,WHC-09/33.COM/7A.Add.Corr
Threats*: Civil unrest Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: e) Unsatisfactory state of conservation and maintenance of the property
Danger List:  Yes
Meidan Emam, Esfahan (2009)
States Parties: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Housing Underground transport infrastructure
Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca (2009)
States Parties: Malaysia
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam (2009)
States Parties: Afghanistan
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Inclination of the Minaret
Danger List:  Yes
Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest (2009)
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities Land conversion
Other Threats: Community-wildlife conflict
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (2009)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire Guinea
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Forestry /wood production Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Mining
Danger List:  Yes
Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (2009)
States Parties: Montenegro
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Earthquake Ground transport infrastructure Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve (2009)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Ngorongoro Conservation Area (2009)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Crop production Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive / alien freshwater species Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Niokolo-Koba National Park (2009)
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7A
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining Translocated species Water infrastructure
Danger List:  Yes
Okapi Wildlife Reserve (2009)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Mining
Danger List:  Yes
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (2009)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing
Other Threats: Fire
Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar (2009)
States Parties: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Other Threats: b) Cracks appearing on the surface of the bridge
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (2009)
States Parties: Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan)
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Governance High impact research / monitoring activities Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Natural risk factors; Deterioration of monuments
Danger List:  Yes
Old City of Salamanca (2009)
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (2009)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Old Town of Lijiang (2009)
States Parties: China
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: a) Progressive loss of integrity and authenticity
Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof (2009)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management activities
Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn (2009)
States Parties: Austria
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing
Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (2009)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Parthian Fortresses of Nisa (2009)
States Parties: Turkmenistan
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Pirin National Park (2009)
States Parties: Bulgaria
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Pitons Management Area (2009)
States Parties: Saint Lucia
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Prambanan Temple Compounds (2009)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Earthquake
Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan (2009)
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley (2009)
States Parties: France
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Micro-organisms
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (2009)
States Parties: Spain France
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun (2009)
States Parties: Bahrain
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Land conversion Marine transport infrastructure
Rainforests of the Atsinanana (2009)
States Parties: Madagascar
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Commercial hunting Fire (widlfires) Illegal activities Land conversion Mining
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (2009)
States Parties: Philippines
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7A
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Financial resources Housing Human resources Management activities Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage Water infrastructure
Danger List:  Yes
Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape (2009)
States Parties: South Africa
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Mining
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (2009)
States Parties: Honduras
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Robben Island (2009)
States Parties: South Africa
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: d) Difficulties with operational aspects of maintenance and conservation implementation including lack of preventive maintenance funding and programminge) Lack of appropriate conservation of the built heritage
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica (2009)
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Interpretative and visitation facilities Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan
Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela (2009)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Earthquake Housing Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Geological and architectural characteristics of the churches.
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara (2009)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7A
Threats*: Governance Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of the architectural heritage fabric
Danger List:  Yes
Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur (2009)
States Parties: Bangladesh
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity Water (rain/water table)
Rwenzori Mountains National Park (2009)
States Parties: Uganda
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Mining Other climate change impacts
Sagarmatha National Park (2009)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Temperature change
Salonga National Park (2009)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures (2009)
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management activities
Samarra Archaeological City (2009)
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: War
Danger List:  Yes
San Agustín Archaeological Park (2009)
States Parties: Colombia
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: State of conservation of the fabric of monolithic sculpture
Sangiran Early Man Site (2009)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Selous Game Reserve (2009)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Water infrastructure
Serengeti National Park (2009)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities Surface water pollution Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
Simien National Park (2009)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals
Other Threats: a) Declining populations of Walia ibex, Ethiopian wolf and other large mammal species
Danger List:  Yes
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (2009)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing (2009)
States Parties: China
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Lack of documentary evidence and clearly formulated principles to guide the conservation works.
Taï National Park (2009)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Land conversion Mining
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (2009)
States Parties: Costa Rica Panama
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Water infrastructure
Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing (2009)
States Parties: China
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Lack of documentary evidence and clearly formulated principles to guide the conservation works.
Temple of Preah Vihear (2009)
States Parties: Cambodia
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
The Sundarbans (2009)
States Parties: Bangladesh
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Storms
Timbuktu (2009)
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Flooding Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: Lack of adequate maintenance of the buildings.
Tipasa (2009)
States Parties: Algeria
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Human resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape (2009)
States Parties: Hungary
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Non-renewable energy facilities Water (extraction)
Tower of London (2009)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Town of Luang Prabang (2009)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Housing Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (2009)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Governance Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Land conversion
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (2009)
States Parties: Philippines
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Illegal activities Oil and gas
Tyre (2009)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Illegal activities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Insufficient maintenance
Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) (2009)
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Unstable structures and lack of security
Upper Middle Rhine Valley (2009)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Input of excess energy
Vilnius Historic Centre (2009)
States Parties: Lithuania
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Virgin Komi Forests (2009)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Mining
Virunga National Park (2009)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals War
Danger List:  Yes
Vredefort Dome (2009)
States Parties: South Africa
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution
Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower (2009)
States Parties: Azerbaijan
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7A
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park (2009)
States Parties: Canada United States of America
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Mining Other climate change impacts Temperature change
Western Caucasus (2009)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Works of Antoni Gaudí (2009)
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Underground transport infrastructure
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Afghanistan Albania Algeria Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Belize Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Cuba Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Estonia Ethiopia France Georgia Germany Guinea Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Libya Lithuania Madagascar Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mexico Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Nepal Niger Oman Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal Serbia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Syrian Arab Republic 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
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 104 Housing 71 Illegal activities 44 Ground transport infrastructure 28 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 27 Management activities 25 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 22 Land conversion 22 Human resources 19 Deliberate destruction of heritage 18 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 17 Mining 16 Financial resources 16 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 15 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 15 Legal framework 13 Civil unrest 12 Water infrastructure 10 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 10 Interpretative and visitation facilities 9 Water (rain/water table) 9 Marine transport infrastructure 7 Forestry /wood production 6 Oil and gas 6 War 6 Governance 6 Commercial development 5 Solid waste 5 Earthquake 5 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 5 Air transport infrastructure 4 Major linear utilities 4 Crop production 4 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4 Flooding 4 Underground transport infrastructure 3 Surface water pollution 3 Commercial hunting 3 Water (extraction) 3 Relative humidity 3 Wind 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Society's valuing of heritage 3 Other climate change impacts 3 Temperature change 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Invasive / alien freshwater species 3 Industrial areas 2 Ground water pollution 2 Subsistence hunting 2 Micro-organisms 2 Temperature 2 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 2 Storms 2 High impact research / monitoring activities 2 Localised utilities 1 Non-renewable energy facilities 1 Air pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Translocated species 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.


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