State of Conservation
States Parties: | Sudan |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Desertification Erosion and siltation/ deposition Flooding Ground transport infrastructure Housing Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Wind |
States Parties: | Australia |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.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: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Japan |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Other Threats: | Fire |
States Parties: | Viet Nam |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Financial resources Housing Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Industrial areas Management systems/ management plan Pollution of marine waters Surface water pollution |
States Parties: | Iraq |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities War |
Other Threats: | Major looting of Iraqi archaeological sites |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | State of Palestine |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.4 |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Absence of Statement of Outstanding Universal Value at the time of inscription; Restricted access |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Türkiye |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.4 |
Threats*: | Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Low impact research / monitoring activities Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Decay and loss of Ottoman/vernacular architecture; Impact of change of status of the Hagia Sophia and the Chora Museum |
States Parties: | Egypt |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.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: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Financial resources Housing Human resources Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Demolition and re-building of traditional housing areas |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Austria |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.1,WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.3 |
Threats*: | Housing Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Desirability of conservation of historic roof constructions within the property |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Albania |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Governance Ground transport infrastructure High impact research / monitoring activities Housing Illegal activities Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Lack of adequate fire fighting arrangements in the historic urban zone |
States Parties: | Yemen |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Financial resources Housing Human resources Land conversion Management systems/ management plan War |
Other Threats: | Serious degradation of the city’s heritage (many houses and the ancient souq are in an alarming state of deterioration) |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Pakistan |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Earthquake Erosion and siltation/ deposition Flooding Housing Illegal activities Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts Solid waste |
Other Threats: | Stability of the foundations (earth mechanics) of the Jam Nizamuddin tomb |
States Parties: | Mexico |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Illegal activities |
Other Threats: | Serious concerns over the conservation status of two species, vaquita (porpoise species) and totoaba (marine fish) |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Uzbekistan |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities |
Other Threats: | Termite attacks on wooden beams, and salinity in walls impacting on ceramic tiles |
States Parties: | Gabon |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Forestry /wood production Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.2 |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Commercial hunting Illegal activities Land conversion Mining War |
Other Threats: | Villages in the ecological corridor between the highland and lowland sectors of the park |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | India |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Nepal |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Air transport infrastructure Earthquake Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure Water infrastructure |
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.