State of Conservation
154
Reports
154
Properties concerned
94
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start:
2017close
Date end:2017close
| States Parties: |
 Thailand
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
| Other Threats: | Forest fragmentation / Need for ecological corridors |
| States Parties: |
 Solomon Islands
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
| Threats*: | Changes to oceanic waters Commercial hunting Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Forestry /wood production Invasive/alien terrestrial species Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Mining Storms |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Gabon
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Illegal activities Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 Türkiye
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 United States of America
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
| Threats*: | Housing Invasive / alien freshwater species Storms Surface water pollution Water infrastructure |
| Other Threats: | Mercury contamination of fish and wildlife |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Pakistan
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add2,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
| Threats*: | Financial resources Ground transport infrastructure Housing Land conversion Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
 Panama
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Fragile state of the property and accelerated degradation by environmental factors, lack of maintenance and limited conservation planning |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 South Africa
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Ground water pollution Mining Surface water pollution Water (rain/water table) |
| Other Threats: | Acid mine drainage; Climate change and severe weather events |
| States Parties: |
 Uruguay
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan War |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Georgia
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
| Threats*: | Interpretative and visitation facilities Management activities |
| Other Threats: | General need for interior and exterior conservation work on the monuments |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Russian Federation
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Major linear utilities |
| States Parties: |
 Australia
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Changes to oceanic waters Ground water pollution Marine transport infrastructure Non-renewable energy facilities Other climate change impacts Storms Surface water pollution Temperature change |
| Other Threats: | Grounding of ships |
| States Parties: |
 India
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Commercial development Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Housing Water (extraction) |
| States Parties: |
 Iraq
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
| Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage War |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Türkiye
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure |
| Other Threats: | Continued degradation of the vernacular architecture within the protected zones (particularly Ottoman-period timber houses in the Zeyrek and Süleymaniye core areas); Land Reclamation project |
| States Parties: |
 Egypt
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) |
| Other Threats: | Dilapidated infrastructure; Neglect and lack of maintenance |
| States Parties: |
 Uzbekistan
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | degradation of traditional houses |
| States Parties: |
 Peru
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 China
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Housing Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Australia Austria Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominica Ecuador Egypt Ethiopia France Gabon Georgia Germany Guinea Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Lesotho Libya Madagascar Mali Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Morocco Nepal Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Pakistan Panama Peru Poland Romania Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain State of Palestine Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Türkiye 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 Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 108 Housing 58 Illegal activities 43 Ground transport infrastructure 38 Land conversion 34 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 34 Legal framework 30 Management activities 30 War 22 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 20 Mining 20 Human resources 20 Water infrastructure 19 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 17 Civil unrest 17 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 15 Financial resources 15 Interpretative and visitation facilities 13 Water (rain/water table) 12 Deliberate destruction of heritage 12 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 12 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 12 Governance 11 Commercial development 8 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 8 Marine transport infrastructure 8 Surface water pollution 8 Forestry /wood production 8 Underground transport infrastructure 7 Crop production 7 Oil and gas 7 Flooding 7 Major linear utilities 6 Solid waste 6 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 6 Commercial hunting 5 Water (extraction) 5 Fire (widlfires) 5 Renewable energy facilities 4 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 4 Other climate change impacts 4 Storms 4 Air transport infrastructure 3 Localised utilities 3 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Society's valuing of heritage 3 High impact research / monitoring activities 3 Ground water pollution 2 Pollution of marine waters 2 Subsistence hunting 2 Quarrying 2 Military training 2 Changes to oceanic waters 2 Drought 2 Earthquake 2 Invasive / alien marine species 2 Industrial areas 1 Air pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Aquaculture 1 Relative humidity 1 Wind 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Temperature change 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Hyper-abundant species 1 Invasive / alien freshwater 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.
