State of Conservation
154
Reports
154
Properties concerned
94
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start:
2017close
Date end:2017close
States Parties: | Egypt |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Niger |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Erosion and siltation/ deposition Forestry /wood production Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Syrian Arab Republic |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Syrian Arab Republic |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Housing Illegal activities War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Syrian Arab Republic |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan War |
Other Threats: | fire |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Bulgaria |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure |
States Parties: | Egypt |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Deliberate destruction of heritage Flooding Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) |
Other Threats: | Adverse effects of bird and bat droppings across the property |
States Parties: | Syrian Arab Republic |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Financial resources Housing Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Quarrying War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Italy |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Financial resources Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan Solid waste |
Other Threats: | Series of structural collapses at the property |
States Parties: | Libya |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Crop production Deliberate destruction of heritage Governance Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Libya |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Panama |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Financial resources Housing Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Legal framework |
Other Threats: | Severe deterioration of historic buildings ; Demolition of urban ensembles and buildings ; Visual impact of a maritime viaduct |
States Parties: | Libya |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Costa Rica |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Commercial hunting Crop production Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining Renewable energy facilities Subsistence hunting Water (extraction) |
Other Threats: | fire |
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 Flooding Management activities Management systems/ management plan War Water infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Fragile mud brick structures |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Jordan |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Belize |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Housing Invasive / alien marine species Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Oil and gas |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Belarus Poland |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Financial resources Forestry /wood production Human resources Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Alterations of the hydrological regime; Border fence impeding mammal movements |
States Parties: | State of Palestine |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) |
Other Threats: | Degradation of the architectural complex of the Church of the Nativity |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Jamaica |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Fire (widlfires) Forestry /wood production Human resources Interpretative and visitation facilities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Legal framework Mining |
Other Threats: | climate change |
States Parties: | Brazil |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Housing Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Hungary |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Lack of conservation of residential housing in the area inscribed as World Heritage |
States Parties: | Brazil |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Peru |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.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: | Nepal |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Chile |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Commercial development Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan Mining Surface water pollution |
Other Threats: | Instability and risk of collapse of the Cerro Rico; Deficiencies in conservation: special attention required for the restoration and upgrading of structures with residential use and the archaeological industrial heritage |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Ecuador |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure |
States Parties: | Panama |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure |
States Parties: | Côte d'Ivoire |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Fire (widlfires) Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Commercial development Management systems/ management plan Mining |
States Parties: | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Flooding Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) |
Other Threats: | Serious deterioration of materials and structure; Deterioration of the architectural and urban coherence and integrity of the property |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Syrian Arab Republic |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan Quarrying War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Russian Federation |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Air transport infrastructure Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Lack of monitoring; Poor state of conservation of the monastic irrigation system |
States Parties: | Afghanistan |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Housing Military training |
Other Threats: | Risk of collapse of the Giant Buddha niches; Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintings |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Indonesia |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Governance Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage |
States Parties: | Türkiye |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Civil unrest |
States Parties: | Cameroon |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
States Parties: | Spain |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Crop production Major linear utilities Mining Non-renewable energy facilities Oil and gas Pollution of marine waters Water (extraction) Water (rain/water table) Water infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Guadalquivir River dredging project |
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: | Uzbekistan |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
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: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
States Parties: | Austria |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Housing Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure |
States Parties: | Albania |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Housing Illegal activities Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Lack of adequate fire fighting arrangements in the historic urban zone |
States Parties: | Thailand |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Flooding Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Deterioration due to time |
States Parties: | Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Chile |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Commercial development Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Fire |
States Parties: | Peru |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add2 |
Threats*: | Avalanche/ landslide Flooding Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Côte d'Ivoire |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Erosion and siltation/ deposition Financial resources Housing Human resources Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) |
States Parties: | Yemen |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Financial resources Housing Human resources Land conversion Management systems/ management plan |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Pakistan |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Earthquake Erosion and siltation/ deposition 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: | Georgia |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Erosion and siltation/ deposition Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Chile |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan Wind |
Other Threats: | Extremely fragile nature of the industrial buildings that were constructed using local materials such as timber for frames, corrugated iron sheets for roofs and some walls, in addition to stucco and lightweight construction; Lack of maintenance over the past 40 years; Corrosion of metal cladding and dismantlement of some of the structural elements. A few buildings such as the Leaching House are liable to structural collapse if no support is given |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Senegal |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add2,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) |
Other Threats: | Extremely poor state of conservation of numerous derelict buildings endangering occupants |
States Parties: | Mexico |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add2,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
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) |
States Parties: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
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: | Algeria |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Erosion and siltation/ deposition Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Nepal |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add2,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Air transport infrastructure Earthquake Ground transport infrastructure Housing Localised utilities Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure |
States Parties: | Kenya |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Governance Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Morocco |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Erosion and siltation/ deposition Flooding Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Ukraine |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Russian Federation |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Fire (widlfires) Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Mining Surface water pollution Water (extraction) Water infrastructure |
States Parties: | Kenya |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Air transport infrastructure Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure Solid waste |
Other Threats: | Deterioration of dwellings |
States Parties: | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Commercial development Governance High impact research / monitoring activities Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Indonesia |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Mining Other climate change impacts |
Other Threats: | Nothofagus dieback |
States Parties: | Colombia |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Illegal activities Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Ethiopia |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Crop production Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Industrial areas Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
States Parties: | Lesotho South Africa |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | India |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Crop production Financial resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Military training Water infrastructure |
States Parties: | Central African Republic |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Honduras |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | High impact research / monitoring activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Deterioration of construction materials due to natural decay phenomena |
States Parties: | Serbia |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Unsatisfactory state of conservation and maintenance of the property |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Housing Underground transport infrastructure |
States Parties: | Egypt |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Underground transport infrastructure |
States Parties: | Afghanistan |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Erosion and siltation/ deposition Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Inclination of the Minaret |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Mexico |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Decline in the overwintering population of Monarch butterflies in the property |
States Parties: | Dominica |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Renewable energy facilities |
States Parties: | Zambia Zimbabwe |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Air pollution Drought Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Solid waste Surface water pollution Water (extraction) |
States Parties: | Côte d'Ivoire Guinea |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Financial resources Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Mining |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Micronesia (Federated States of) |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Erosion and siltation/ deposition Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Albania North Macedonia |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Russian Federation |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Marine transport infrastructure Oil and gas |
Other Threats: | Increased human presence |
States Parties: | United Republic of Tanzania |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Crop production Governance Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Challenging situation of community livelihoods; Condition and conservation of the Laetoli hominid footprints |
States Parties: | Senegal |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Drought Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining Translocated species Water infrastructure |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Mining |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan) |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add2 |
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 activities Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Natural risk factors; Deterioration of monuments |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Yemen |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion Management activities War |
Other Threats: | Functional decay of the residential neighborhoods; Physical damage and instability of buildings |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Libya |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Mali |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Solid waste |
Other Threats: | Deterioration of dwellings |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Yemen |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Financial resources Flooding Human resources War Water (rain/water table) |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Nigeria |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Fire (widlfires) Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Surface water pollution |
States Parties: | Lebanon |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Financial resources Housing Human resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add2 |
Threats*: | Housing Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | State of Palestine |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Invasive/alien terrestrial species |
Other Threats: | Potential construction of a separation fence (wall) |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Jordan |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Viet Nam |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Croatia |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure |
States Parties: | Bahrain |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add2 |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Housing |
States Parties: | Madagascar |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add2 |
Threats*: | Fire (widlfires) Governance Illegal activities Land conversion Mining Society's valuing of heritage Subsistence hunting |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Honduras |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Financial resources Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Saudi Arabia |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Localised utilities Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Visual impact of a rain water diversionary dam and of a water tower |
States Parties: | Libya |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Human resources Illegal activities War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Benin |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Governance Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Fire at the site |
States Parties: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A,WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Iraq |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Central African Republic Congo Cameroon |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Forestry /wood production Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Mining |
States Parties: | United Republic of Tanzania |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Financial resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Water infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Significant decline of wildlife populations due to poaching |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Japan |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Aquaculture Hyper-abundant species Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Water infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Anticipated effects of climate change |
States Parties: | China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Comparative fragility of many sites |
States Parties: | Ethiopia |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add2 |
Threats*: | Crop production Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals |
Other Threats: | Declining populations of Walia ibex, Ethiopian wolf and other large mammal species |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Syrian Arab Republic |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Housing Illegal activities Localised utilities Major linear utilities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity War |
Other Threats: | serious weathering of many stone blocks |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Yemen |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Governance Ground transport infrastructure Invasive / alien marine species Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Solid waste |
States Parties: | China |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Governance Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Underground transport infrastructure |
States Parties: | Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Commercial development Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) |
States Parties: | Côte d'Ivoire |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Illegal activities Mining |
States Parties: | Costa Rica Panama |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Lack of a long-term biological monitoring program |
States Parties: | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | China |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities |
States Parties: | Bangladesh |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Non-renewable energy facilities Pollution of marine waters Storms Water infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Dredging of the Pashur River |
States Parties: | China |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan Mining Water infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Apparent decline in wildlife populations |
States Parties: | Mali |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Management systems/ management plan War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Algeria |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Human resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Marine transport infrastructure |
States Parties: | Mali |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Management systems/ management plan War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Uganda |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Fire |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Indonesia |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
Threats*: | Governance Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Renewable energy facilities |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Lebanon |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Insufficient maintenance |
States Parties: | Jordan |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Unstable structures and lack of security |
States Parties: | Germany |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Input of excess energy Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Renewable energy facilities |
States Parties: | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Italy |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Erosion and siltation/ deposition Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure Water infrastructure |
States Parties: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Oil and gas War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Russian Federation |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Canada |
Year: | 2017 |
Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Other climate change impacts Water infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Lack of engagement with First Nations and Metis in monitoring activities and insufficient consideration of traditional ecological knowledge |
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.