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State of Conservation

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90
Properties concerned
58
States Parties with SOC reports
Property Category:Culturalclose
Date Start: 2012close
Date end:2012close
States Parties: Mauritius
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Structural instability of Stele 3
States Parties: Portugal
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Water infrastructure
States Parties: Mauritania
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Desertification Financial resources Governance Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Deliberate destruction of heritage Flooding Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7C
Threats*: Storms
Other Threats: collapse of walls
States Parties: Tunisia
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Governance Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Libya
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Crop production Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution
States Parties: Panama
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage
Other Threats: Severe deterioration of historic buildings that threaten the Outstanding Universal Value of the property;
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Flooding Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Fragile mud brick structures
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Oman
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of the earthen structures of the Fort
States Parties: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7C
Threats*: Earthquake
States Parties: Poland
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Management activities
Other Threats: impact on the Outstanding Universal Value of the property of the rebuilt Pavilion
States Parties: Peru
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A
Threats*: Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 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: Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.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
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Commercial development Mining Solid waste
States Parties: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A
Threats*: Flooding Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: a) Serious deterioration of materials and structureb) Deterioration of the architectural and urban coherence and integrity of the propertd) Absence of detailed and technical information on the state of conservation of the property since 2007;
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of monitoring
States Parties: Afghanistan
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities
Other Threats: Risk of imminent collapse of the Giant Buddha niches; Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintings; Anti-personnel mines and unexploded ordinances (i.e. munitions).
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Lithuania Russian Federation
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas Solid waste Surface water pollution
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7C
Threats*: Earthquake
States Parties: Pakistan
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Financial resources Housing Land conversion Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Panama
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Flooding Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration and destruction of the fabric of the property by environmental factors, lack of a maintenance programme, polluted water;
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: General need for interior and exterior conservation work on the monuments
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
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)
States Parties: Barbados
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Dilapidated infrastructure; Neglect and lack of maintenance
States Parties: Belgium
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing
Other Threats: Gradual erosion of the attributes that convey the Outstanding Universal Value and consequently threaten the integrity of the property with regards to its overall coherence and originality.
States Parties: Czechia
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Romania
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of monuments in general and fortifications in particular, weak protection and maintenance measures;
States Parties: Uruguay
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Peru
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Management activities
States Parties: Pakistan
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts
Other Threats: Stability of the foundations (earth mechanics) of the Jam Nizamuddin tomb
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Land conversion Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Chile
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Management systems/ management plan Wind
Other Threats: a) 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; b) Lack of maintenance over the past 40 years; c) 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; d) Very little conservation work carried out
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Mozambique
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Management activities Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: Growing number of collapsed or seriously dilapidated buildings
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
States Parties: Ukraine
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Industrial areas Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure Oil and gas Solid waste Water infrastructure
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Commercial development Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Impact of the new structure of the Maya Devi Temple (constructed in 2002) on the archaeological remains, as well as on the visual integrity.
States Parties: Andorra
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: India
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses
Other Threats: Loss of character of the cultural landscape directly associated with the property and its outstanding universal value
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7C
Threats*: Earthquake
States Parties: South Africa
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Industrial areas Management systems/ management plan Mining
States Parties: Honduras
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure 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: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.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: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Housing Underground transport infrastructure
States Parties: Afghanistan
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest High impact research / monitoring activities Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: b) Inclination of the Minaret;
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: France
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Earthquake Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Renewable energy facilities Storms
States Parties: Haiti
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Earthquake Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
States Parties: Montenegro
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Earthquake Ground transport infrastructure Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan)
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A.Add
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: Spain
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Land conversion Management activities
Other Threats: Functional decay of the residential neighborhoods
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Solid waste War
Other Threats: Deterioration of dwellings
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing 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: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Colombia
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Avalanche/ landslide Flooding
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: France
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Legal framework
States Parties: Philippines
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Financial resources Human resources Illegal activities Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Libya
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Earthquake Housing Land conversion Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity Water (rain/water table)
States Parties: Benin
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Fire; Major deterioration of almost 50% of the earthen structural components
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Governance Illegal activities Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of the architectural heritage fabric
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Conservation of urban fabric
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: b) Environmental pressures in relation with the Malindi port projectc) Natural disasters and lack of risk-preparedness
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Deliberate destruction of heritage Flooding Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Solid waste War
Other Threats: Inappropriate design and scale of new Ahmed Baba Cultural Centre in the vicinity of the Sankoré Mosque; lack of detailed drawings supplied to the Committee
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities War
States Parties: Uganda
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Management activities
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Housing Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Illegal activities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Insufficient maintenance
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.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: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Solid waste
States Parties: Azerbaijan
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
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* : 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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