State of Conservation
States Parties: | Poland |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management activities |
Other Threats: | Lack of overall development plan for the property and its buffer zone |
States Parties: | Viet Nam |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.3 |
States Parties: | Peru |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) |
Other Threats: | Continuous deterioration of earthen architecture structures and decorated surfaces from lack of conservation and maintenance practices |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Chile |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Commercial development Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Insufficient delimitation of boundaries |
States Parties: | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Legal framework Mining Surface water pollution |
Other Threats: | Instability and risk of collapse of the Cerro Rico; Deficiencies in conservation; Environmental impacts on the hydraulic complex |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Flooding Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) |
Other Threats: | Serious deterioration of materials and structure |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Syrian Arab Republic |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Earthquake Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Quarrying War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Afghanistan |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Housing |
Other Threats: | Risk of collapse of the Giant Buddha niches; Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintings |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.3 |
Threats*: | Housing Localised utilities Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Poor state of conservation of the large Belper Mills complex |
States Parties: | Türkiye |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.2 |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Rehabilitation and reconstruction works and development, urban design and landscape projects |
States Parties: | Senegal |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Human resources Invasive / alien freshwater species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Subsistence hunting Surface water pollution |
Other Threats: | Soils salinity |
States Parties: | Solomon Islands |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Changes to oceanic waters Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Forestry /wood production Invasive/alien terrestrial species Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Mining Storms |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Mexico |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species |
Other Threats: | • Necessity to save the Sonoran Pronghorn from possible extinction • Environmental concerns in security efforts along the international border |
States Parties: | Chad |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | United States of America |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Housing Invasive / alien freshwater species Other climate change impacts Storms Surface water pollution Water infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Mercury contamination of fish and wildlife |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Austria Hungary |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Other climate change impacts Renewable energy facilities |
States Parties: | Panama |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Lack of established boundaries and buffer zones |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Ghana |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Changes to oceanic waters Commercial development Financial resources Ground transport infrastructure Ground water pollution Illegal activities Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Solid waste Water (rain/water table) Wind |
Other Threats: | Salt-laden atmosphere |
States Parties: | Austria Germany Slovakia |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Flooding Governance Renewable energy facilities |
States Parties: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.2 |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan War |
Other Threats: | Probable extinction of the northern white rhinoceros subspecies within the property |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Australia Austria Belarus Belgium Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil Burkina Faso Cambodia Central African Republic Chad Chile Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Egypt Ethiopia France Gabon Germany Ghana Guinea Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iraq Italy Japan Kenya Kiribati Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Libya Madagascar Mali Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Montenegro Morocco Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Pakistan Panama Peru Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania Russian Federation Senegal Serbia Slovakia Solomon Islands Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Sweden Syrian Arab Republic Türkiye 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 87 Housing 49 Illegal activities 38 Ground transport infrastructure 30 Legal framework 27 War 26 Land conversion 22 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 22 Financial resources 17 Human resources 17 Management activities 17 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 16 Water infrastructure 16 Mining 15 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 14 Civil unrest 13 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 13 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 12 Deliberate destruction of heritage 12 Surface water pollution 11 Governance 11 Commercial development 9 Flooding 9 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 9 Water (rain/water table) 8 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Interpretative and visitation facilities 6 Solid waste 6 Other climate change impacts 6 Earthquake 6 Fire (widlfires) 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 5 Renewable energy facilities 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Desertification 5 Marine transport infrastructure 4 Major linear utilities 4 Oil and gas 4 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 4 Society's valuing of heritage 4 Storms 4 Air transport infrastructure 3 Underground transport infrastructure 3 Localised utilities 3 Ground water pollution 3 Crop production 3 Relative humidity 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Industrial areas 2 Non-renewable energy facilities 2 Air pollution 2 Pollution of marine waters 2 Subsistence hunting 2 Quarrying 2 Wind 2 Drought 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 High impact research / monitoring activities 2 Low impact research / monitoring activities 2 Commercial hunting 1 Water (extraction) 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 1 Military training 1 Terrorism 1 Temperature change 1 Invasive / alien marine species 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.