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Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (2015)
States Parties: Niger
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Erosion and siltation/ deposition Forestry /wood production 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
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (2015)
States Parties: Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Management systems/ management plan
Area de Conservación Guanacaste (2015)
States Parties: Costa Rica
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Renewable energy facilities
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (2015)
States Parties: Belize
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Housing Invasive / alien marine species Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Oil and gas
Danger List:  Yes
Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks (2015)
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Chitwan National Park (2015)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure
Comoé National Park (2015)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Fire (widlfires) Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Dja Faunal Reserve (2015)
States Parties: Cameroon
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Mining Water infrastructure
Doñana National Park (2015)
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Crop production Major linear utilities Mining Non-renewable energy facilities Oil and gas Pollution of marine waters Water (extraction) Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: State of the Guadalquivir River and dredging project
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex (2015)
States Parties: Thailand
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Forest fragmentation / Need for ecological corridors
East Rennell (2015)
States Parties: Solomon Islands
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
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
Everglades National Park (2015)
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Ground water pollution Housing Invasive / alien freshwater species Storms Surface water pollution Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Mercury contamination of fish and wildlife
Danger List:  Yes
Garamba National Park (2015)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
Golden Mountains of Altai (2015)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Major linear utilities
Great Barrier Reef (2015)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
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
Kahuzi-Biega National Park (2015)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest 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
Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley (2015)
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Renewable energy facilities
Lake Baikal (2015)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: 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
Lake Turkana National Parks (2015)
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas Water infrastructure
Lakes of Ounianga (2015)
States Parties: Chad
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Solid waste
Lena Pillars Nature Park (2015)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: necessity to strengthen the integrity within the property
Lorentz National Park (2015)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Nothofagus dieback
Los Katíos National Park (2015)
States Parties: Colombia
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (2015)
States Parties: India
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Civil unrest Crop production Financial resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Water infrastructure
Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (2015)
States Parties: Central African Republic
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining
Danger List:  Yes
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (2015)
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Other Threats: Reported decline in the overwintering population of Monarch butterfly
Morne Trois Pitons National Park (2015)
States Parties: Dominica
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Renewable energy facilities
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (2015)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire Guinea
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
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
Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve (2015)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Marine transport infrastructure Oil and gas
Niokolo-Koba National Park (2015)
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
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
Okapi Wildlife Reserve (2015)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Mining
Danger List:  Yes
Phoenix Islands Protected Area (2015)
States Parties: Kiribati
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park (2015)
States Parties: Philippines
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Rainforests of the Atsinanana (2015)
States Parties: Madagascar
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Governance Illegal activities Land conversion Mining Subsistence hunting
Danger List:  Yes
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (2015)
States Parties: Honduras
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
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
Salonga National Park (2015)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas War
Danger List:  Yes
Sangha Trinational (2015)
States Parties: Central African Republic Congo Cameroon
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Civil unrest Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Mining
Selous Game Reserve (2015)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
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
Shiretoko (2015)
States Parties: Japan
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Simien National Park (2015)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.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: Declining populations of Walia ibex, Ethiopian wolf and other large mammal species
Danger List:  Yes
Socotra Archipelago (2015)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
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
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (2015)
States Parties: Costa Rica Panama
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Water infrastructure
The Sundarbans (2015)
States Parties: Bangladesh
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Non-renewable energy facilities Storms
Other Threats: Dredging of the Pashur River
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas (2015)
States Parties: China
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Mining Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Apparent decline in wildlife populations
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (2015)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Governance Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Land conversion Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Virgin Komi Forests (2015)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Mining
Virunga National Park (2015)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Oil and gas War
Danger List:  Yes
Volcanoes of Kamchatka (2015)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Mining Renewable energy facilities
Other Threats: Decline in populations of wild reindeer and snow sheep
Wood Buffalo National Park (2015)
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Water infrastructure
Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area (2015)
States Parties: China
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Air pollution Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Surface water pollution
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Albania Australia Austria Bangladesh Belgium Belize Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominica Ethiopia France Germany Guinea Honduras India Indonesia Italy Japan Kenya Kiribati Madagascar Mexico Nepal Niger North Macedonia Panama Philippines Poland Romania Russian Federation Senegal Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Spain Switzerland Thailand Ukraine United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Yemen
Threats
Illegal activities 27 Management systems/ management plan 26 Land conversion 16 Mining 15 Ground transport infrastructure 13 Water infrastructure 13 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 12 Civil unrest 11 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 8 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 8 Oil and gas 7 Legal framework 7 Financial resources 6 Housing 4 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 4 Major linear utilities 4 Renewable energy facilities 4 Surface water pollution 4 Forestry /wood production 4 War 4 Storms 4 Fire (widlfires) 4 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 3 Governance 3 Human resources 3 Marine transport infrastructure 2 Ground water pollution 2 Solid waste 2 Commercial hunting 2 Crop production 2 Water (extraction) 2 Changes to oceanic waters 2 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 2 Invasive / alien marine species 2 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Air pollution 1 Pollution of marine waters 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Water (rain/water table) 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Drought 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Temperature change 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 1 Translocated species 1 Management activities 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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