State of Conservation
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Properties concerned
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States Parties with SOC reports
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States Parties: | Egypt |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) |
Other Threats: | Lack of engagement with local communities and other stakeholders |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Ethiopia |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.2 |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) |
Other Threats: | Structural instability of Stele 3 and Mausoleum Urban encroachment and inappropriate new developments |
States Parties: | Syrian Arab Republic |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Earthquake Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Syrian Arab Republic |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Housing Illegal activities War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Syrian Arab Republic |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage War |
Other Threats: | fire |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Syrian Arab Republic |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Earthquake Financial resources Housing Human resources Illegal activities Land conversion Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Military training Quarrying War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Cambodia |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Housing Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Italy |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Pakistan |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.2 |
Threats*: | Flooding Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | deterioration of structures |
States Parties: | Libya |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Crop production Deliberate destruction of heritage Fire (widlfires) 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: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Desertification Illegal activities Localised utilities Relative humidity War |
Other Threats: | Deterioration of the stone masonry; Sand covering certain areas of the property; Graffiti and fires; Alarming state of conservation of the Hunting Baths; Tidal flooding and continuous sea encroachment on the circus area |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Libya |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Housing Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity War |
Other Threats: | Excessive vegetation growth; Impact of humidity and seawater salt on stone masonry |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Sudan |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Desertification Erosion and siltation/ deposition Flooding Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Mining |
States Parties: | Türkiye |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Design of the proposed new roof shelter |
States Parties: | Iraq |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
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: | Hungary |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
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; Inappropriate use of public areas and street amenities |
States Parties: | Albania |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Housing Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Poland |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management activities |
Other Threats: | Lack of overall development plan for the property and its buffer zone |
States Parties: | Viet Nam |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.3 |
States Parties: | Peru |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.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: | Chile |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Commercial development Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Insufficient delimitation of boundaries |
States Parties: | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Legal framework Mining Surface water pollution |
Other Threats: | Instability and risk of collapse of the Cerro Rico; Deficiencies in conservation; Environmental impacts on the hydraulic complex |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Flooding Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) |
Other Threats: | Serious deterioration of materials and structure |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Syrian Arab Republic |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Earthquake Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Quarrying War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Afghanistan |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Housing |
Other Threats: | Risk of collapse of the Giant Buddha niches; Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintings |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.3 |
Threats*: | Housing Localised utilities Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Poor state of conservation of the large Belper Mills complex |
States Parties: | Türkiye |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.2 |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Rehabilitation and reconstruction works and development, urban design and landscape projects |
States Parties: | Austria Hungary |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Other climate change impacts Renewable energy facilities |
States Parties: | Panama |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Lack of established boundaries and buffer zones |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Ghana |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Changes to oceanic waters Commercial development Financial resources Ground transport infrastructure Ground water pollution Illegal activities Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Solid waste Water (rain/water table) Wind |
Other Threats: | Salt-laden atmosphere |
States Parties: | Austria Germany Slovakia |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Flooding Governance Renewable energy facilities |
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: | Japan |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Other Threats: | Fire |
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: | 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: | 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: | Morocco |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Erosion and siltation/ deposition Flooding Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage |
States Parties: | Ukraine |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Ukraine |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Housing Management systems/ management plan Solid waste War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Yemen |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Desertification Flooding Housing Illegal activities War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | France |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.2 |
Threats*: | Housing Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Nepal |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Air pollution Commercial development Housing Industrial areas Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses |
States Parties: | Serbia |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add |
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: | Morocco |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Earthquake |
States Parties: | Afghanistan |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.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: | Micronesia (Federated States of) |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Erosion and siltation/ deposition Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Montenegro |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage |
States Parties: | Belgium |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan) |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.4 |
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; Urban environment and visual integrity; Impact of archaeological excavations |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Yemen |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Commercial development Desertification Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion Management activities War Water infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Functional decay of the residential neighborhoods; Physical damage and instability of buildings; Problems with the network for the evacuation of rainwater |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Sri Lanka |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Commercial development Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure |
States Parties: | Libya |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Financial resources Fire (widlfires) Human resources Management systems/ management plan War Water (rain/water table) |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Mali |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Solid waste |
Other Threats: | Deterioration of dwellings |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Yemen |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Financial resources Human resources War Water (rain/water table) |
Other Threats: | Damage to historic buildings |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Nigeria |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.3 |
Threats*: | Fire (widlfires) Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Surface water pollution |
Other Threats: | Fragility of spiritual, symbolic and ritual qualities of the Grove in the face of a growth in visitor numbers; Inappropriate restoration and reconstruction |
States Parties: | State of Palestine |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.4 |
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: | France |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add |
Other Threats: | Fire |
States Parties: | Lebanon |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | - state of critical conservation conditions and need for emergency stabilisation measures - vulnerability to potential inappropriate developments |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Libya |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Human resources Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Romania |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan Mining |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Republic of Korea |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Commercial development Housing Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | Iraq |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan War |
Other Threats: | Weathering and lack of maintenance affecting the fragile structures Encroachment, urban sprawl and bulldozing activities |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Portugal |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.2 |
Threats*: | Legal framework Low impact research / monitoring activities Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Need to remove the terrace bar |
States Parties: | Syrian Arab Republic |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Financial resources 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: | Brazil |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Housing Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties: | United Republic of Tanzania |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.4 |
Threats*: | Commercial development Financial resources Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Natural disasters and lack of risk-preparedness |
States Parties: | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Underground transport infrastructure |
States Parties: | Ukraine |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Legal framework Management systems/ management plan War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Mali |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Management systems/ management plan War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Algeria |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Human resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Marine transport infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Unsuitable restoration techniques, and poor conservation conditions for the archaeological remains |
States Parties: | Hungary |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Need to delineate a precise buffer zone |
States Parties
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Austria Belgium Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil Cambodia Chile Egypt Ethiopia France Germany Ghana Hungary India Iraq Italy Japan Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Libya Mali Micronesia (Federated States of) Montenegro Morocco Nepal Nigeria Pakistan Panama Peru Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania Serbia Slovakia Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Syrian Arab Republic Türkiye Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam YemenThreats
Management systems/ management plan 61 Housing 44 War 23 Legal framework 17 Ground transport infrastructure 15 Illegal activities 15 Management activities 15 Deliberate destruction of heritage 12 Land conversion 11 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 11 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 10 Commercial development 9 Flooding 9 Human resources 9 Water (rain/water table) 8 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 8 Financial resources 8 Civil unrest 7 Water infrastructure 6 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 6 Earthquake 6 Interpretative and visitation facilities 5 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 5 Desertification 5 Governance 5 Solid waste 4 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 4 Underground transport infrastructure 3 Localised utilities 3 Surface water pollution 3 Mining 3 Relative humidity 3 Society's valuing of heritage 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Marine transport infrastructure 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Quarrying 2 Wind 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 2 High impact research / monitoring activities 2 Low impact research / monitoring activities 2 Industrial areas 1 Major linear utilities 1 Air pollution 1 Ground water pollution 1 Crop production 1 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 1 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 1 Military training 1 Changes to oceanic waters 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.