State of Conservation
221
Reports
90
Properties concerned
75
States Parties with SOC reports
Property Category:Naturalclose
Date Start:
2019close
| States Parties: |
 Niger
|
| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.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 Invasive/alien terrestrial species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Management systems/ management plan Mining |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Niger
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.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 Invasive/alien terrestrial species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Management systems/ management plan Mining |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Niger
|
| Year: | 2019 |
| Document Source: | WHC/19/43.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 Invasive/alien terrestrial species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Management systems/ management plan Mining |
| 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: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2 |
| Threats*: | Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine
|
| Year: | 2019 |
| Document Source: | WHC/19/43.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 Costa Rica
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.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: | Fires (intentional and accidental) |
| States Parties: |
Costa Rica
|
| Year: | 2021 |
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.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: | Fires (intentional and accidental) |
| States Parties: |
Costa Rica
|
| Year: | 2019 |
| Document Source: | WHC/19/43.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: |
 Mauritania
|
| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Ground transport infrastructure Housing Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Localised utilities Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Renewable energy facilities |
| States Parties: |
Mauritania
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Ground transport infrastructure Housing Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Localised utilities Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Renewable energy facilities |
| States Parties: |
 Belize
|
| Year: | 2021 |
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Invasive / alien marine species Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas |
| States Parties: |
Belize
|
| Year: | 2019 |
| Document Source: | WHC/19/43.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Invasive / alien marine species Land conversion Oil and gas |
| States Parties: |
 Belarus Poland
|
| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2 |
| 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: |
Belarus Poland
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.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: |
Belarus Poland
|
| Year: | 2019 |
| Document Source: | WHC/19/43.COM/7B |
| 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: |
 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Conflicts between the Pemons communities and the National Guard; Need to finalize the boundaries of the area |
| States Parties: |
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Conflicts between the Pemons communities and the National Guard; Need to finalize the boundaries of the area |
| States Parties: |
 South Africa
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Financial resources Fire (widlfires) Governance Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts |
| States Parties: |
 Russian Federation
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: |
|
| States Parties: |
Russian Federation
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 Brazil
|
| Year: | 2021 |
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
Brazil
|
| Year: | 2019 |
| Document Source: | WHC/19/43.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Fire (widlfires) Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 Nepal
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
Nepal
|
| Year: | 2021 |
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
Nepal
|
| Year: | 2019 |
| Document Source: | WHC/19/43.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 Panama
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.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: |
Panama
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.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: |
Panama
|
| Year: | 2019 |
| Document Source: | WHC/19/43.COM/7B.Add |
| 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: | 2021 |
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Fire (widlfires) Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Boundaries: reduction of the surface of the Park |
| States Parties: |
Côte d'Ivoire
|
| Year: | 2019 |
| Document Source: | WHC/19/43.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Fire (widlfires) Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 Cameroon
|
| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Mining Water infrastructure |
| Other Threats: | Risk of loss of ecological connectivity |
| States Parties: |
Cameroon
|
| Year: | 2021 |
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Mining Water infrastructure |
| Other Threats: | Risk of loss of ecological connectivity |
| States Parties: |
Cameroon
|
| Year: | 2019 |
| Document Source: | WHC/19/43.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: |
 Senegal
|
| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| 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 |
| Other Threats: | Soils salinity |
| States Parties: |
Senegal
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B |
| 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 |
| Other Threats: | Soils salinity |
| States Parties: |
Spain
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2 |
| Threats*: | Major linear utilities Mining Non-renewable energy facilities Oil and gas Water (extraction) Water (rain/water table) Water infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
Spain
|
| Year: | 2021 |
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Major linear utilities Mining Non-renewable energy facilities Oil and gas Water (extraction) Water (rain/water table) Water infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
Spain
|
| Year: | 2019 |
| Document Source: | WHC/19/43.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Major linear utilities Mining Non-renewable energy facilities Oil and gas Water (extraction) Water (rain/water table) Water infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
 Thailand
|
| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2 |
| 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: |
Thailand
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B |
| 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: |
 Montenegro
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2 |
| Threats*: | Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
Montenegro
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
Montenegro
|
| Year: | 2019 |
| Document Source: | WHC/19/43.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan |
| 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: |
Solomon Islands
|
| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2 |
| 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: |
Solomon Islands
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.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: |
Solomon Islands
|
| Year: | 2019 |
| Document Source: | WHC/19/43.COM/7A.Add |
| 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: |
 Mexico
|
| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2 |
| 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: |
Mexico
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.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
Albania Argentina Australia Austria Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Canada Central African Republic China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Ecuador Ethiopia France Germany Guinea Honduras India Indonesia Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Madagascar Malawi Mauritania Mexico Mongolia Montenegro Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Niger North Macedonia Panama Poland Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sudan Switzerland Thailand Uganda 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 147 Illegal activities 113 Mining 76 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 67 Water infrastructure 63 Ground transport infrastructure 53 Land conversion 51 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 48 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 41 Financial resources 36 Human resources 36 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 34 Legal framework 32 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 31 Governance 30 Oil and gas 29 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 28 Forestry /wood production 26 Civil unrest 26 Other climate change impacts 22 Major linear utilities 18 Fire (widlfires) 18 Storms 17 Surface water pollution 16 Commercial hunting 16 Housing 14 Renewable energy facilities 14 Water (extraction) 14 Solid waste 13 War 12 Invasive / alien freshwater species 12 Air pollution 10 Non-renewable energy facilities 9 Crop production 9 Changes to oceanic waters 9 Subsistence hunting 8 Drought 8 Marine transport infrastructure 7 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 6 Invasive / alien marine species 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Ground water pollution 4 Pollution of marine waters 4 Aquaculture 3 Water (rain/water table) 3 Society's valuing of heritage 3 Military training 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Hyper-abundant species 3 Translocated species 3 Management activities 3 Commercial development 2 Industrial areas 2 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Localised utilities 2 Input of excess energy 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 2 Quarrying 2 Terrorism 2 Temperature change 2
* :
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.
