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State of Conservation

788
Reports
120
Properties concerned
85
States Parties with SOC reports
Property Category:Naturalclose
Date Start: 2008close
Statistics by properties (by regions and categories)
Year Property SOC Regions Categories
EUR-NA APA LAC ARB AFR Cultural Natural Mixed
2008
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
53
34%
6%
53 13
8%
2%
11
7%
1%
11
7%
1%
3
2%
0%
15
9%
2%
0
0%
0%
53
34%
6%
0
0%
0%
2009
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
52
29%
6%
52 12
7%
1%
10
6%
1%
8
4%
1%
1
1%
0%
21
12%
2%
0
0%
0%
52
29%
6%
0
0%
0%
2010
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
51
34%
6%
51 11
7%
1%
10
7%
1%
11
7%
1%
2
1%
0%
17
11%
2%
0
0%
0%
51
34%
6%
0
0%
0%
2011
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
51
30%
6%
51 8
5%
1%
13
8%
1%
10
6%
1%
0
0%
0%
20
12%
2%
0
0%
0%
51
30%
6%
0
0%
0%
2012
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
52
35%
6%
52 12
8%
1%
11
7%
1%
10
7%
1%
0
0%
0%
19
13%
2%
0
0%
0%
52
35%
6%
0
0%
0%
2013
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
50
30%
5%
50 14
8%
1%
8
5%
1%
7
4%
1%
2
1%
0%
19
11%
2%
0
0%
0%
50
30%
5%
0
0%
0%
2014
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
54
36%
6%
54 9
6%
1%
12
8%
1%
8
5%
1%
1
1%
0%
24
16%
2%
0
0%
0%
54
36%
6%
0
0%
0%
2015
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
50
35%
5%
50 10
7%
1%
13
9%
1%
8
6%
1%
1
1%
0%
18
13%
2%
0
0%
0%
50
35%
5%
0
0%
0%
2016
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
54
35%
5%
54 14
9%
1%
7
4%
1%
11
7%
1%
2
1%
0%
20
13%
2%
0
0%
0%
54
35%
5%
0
0%
0%
2017
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
51
33%
5%
51 10
6%
1%
12
8%
1%
10
6%
1%
1
1%
0%
18
12%
2%
0
0%
0%
51
33%
5%
0
0%
0%
2018
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
49
31%
5%
49 13
8%
1%
5
3%
0%
8
5%
1%
3
2%
0%
20
13%
2%
0
0%
0%
49
31%
5%
0
0%
0%
2019
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
50
30%
5%
50 9
5%
1%
13
8%
1%
9
5%
1%
1
1%
0%
18
11%
2%
0
0%
0%
50
30%
5%
0
0%
0%
2021
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
84
33%
84 17
7%
22
9%
15
6%
3
1%
28
11%
0
0%
84
33%
0
0%
2023
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
78
30%
78 18
7%
21
8%
12
5%
3
1%
25
10%
0
0%
78
30%
0
0%
2024
%of properties with SOC
%of properties inscribed (year-1)
9
7%
1%
9 1
1%
0%
5
4%
0%
2
2%
0%
1
1%
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0%
9
7%
1%
0
0%
0%
Threats*
Threats Group of Threats SOC reports Properties
Commercial development Buildings and Development 4 2
Housing Buildings and Development 72 17
Industrial areas Buildings and Development 5 1
Interpretative and visitation facilities Buildings and Development 1 1
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Buildings and Development 124 22
Air transport infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 10 4
Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 17 7
Ground transport infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 184 30
Marine transport infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 26 4
Underground transport infrastructure Transportation Infrastructure 0 0
Localised utilities Services Infrastructures 10 3
Major linear utilities Services Infrastructures 54 9
Non-renewable energy facilities Services Infrastructures 24 4
Renewable energy facilities Services Infrastructures 38 8
Water infrastructure Services Infrastructures 190 29
Air pollution Pollution 24 6
Ground water pollution Pollution 20 5
Input of excess energy Pollution 7 3
Pollution of marine waters Pollution 12 4
Solid waste Pollution 22 6
Surface water pollution Pollution 63 11
Aquaculture Biological resource use/modification 4 1
Commercial hunting Biological resource use/modification 42 8
Commercial wild plant collection Biological resource use/modification 0 0
Crop production Biological resource use/modification 29 8
Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Biological resource use/modification 84 19
Forestry /wood production Biological resource use/modification 64 12
Land conversion Biological resource use/modification 202 26
Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Biological resource use/modification 178 24
Subsistence hunting Biological resource use/modification 20 5
Subsistence wild plant collection Biological resource use/modification 3 1
Mining Physical resource extraction 247 36
Oil and gas Physical resource extraction 108 19
Quarrying Physical resource extraction 5 2
Water (extraction) Physical resource extraction 44 8
Dust Local conditions affecting physical fabric 0 0
Micro-organisms Local conditions affecting physical fabric 0 0
Pests Local conditions affecting physical fabric 0 0
Radiation/light Local conditions affecting physical fabric 0 0
Relative humidity Local conditions affecting physical fabric 0 0
Temperature Local conditions affecting physical fabric 0 0
Water (rain/water table) Local conditions affecting physical fabric 11 3
Wind Local conditions affecting physical fabric 0 0
Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Social/cultural uses of heritage 0 0
Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Social/cultural uses of heritage 112 17
Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Social/cultural uses of heritage 194 41
Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Social/cultural uses of heritage 20 4
Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses Social/cultural uses of heritage 0 0
Society's valuing of heritage Social/cultural uses of heritage 6 1
Civil unrest Other human activities 130 12
Deliberate destruction of heritage Other human activities 4 1
Illegal activities Other human activities 429 58
Military training Other human activities 4 1
Terrorism Other human activities 2 1
War Other human activities 58 5
Changes to oceanic waters Climate change and severe weather events 21 3
Desertification Climate change and severe weather events 0 0
Drought Climate change and severe weather events 27 3
Flooding Climate change and severe weather events 0 0
Other climate change impacts Climate change and severe weather events 43 12
Storms Climate change and severe weather events 45 5
Temperature change Climate change and severe weather events 13 4
Avalanche/ landslide Sudden ecological or geological events 0 0
Earthquake Sudden ecological or geological events 1 1
Erosion and siltation/ deposition Sudden ecological or geological events 17 3
Fire (widlfires) Sudden ecological or geological events 56 13
Tsunami/tidal wave Sudden ecological or geological events 0 0
Volcanic eruption Sudden ecological or geological events 0 0
Hyper-abundant species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 4 1
Invasive / alien freshwater species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 37 7
Invasive / alien marine species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 21 3
Invasive/alien terrestrial species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 107 22
Modified genetic material Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 0 0
Translocated species Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 15 2
Financial resources Management and institutional factors 113 25
Governance Management and institutional factors 71 14
High impact research / monitoring activities Management and institutional factors 1 1
Human resources Management and institutional factors 92 23
Legal framework Management and institutional factors 92 14
Low impact research / monitoring activities Management and institutional factors 0 0
Management activities Management and institutional factors 21 5
Management systems/ management plan Management and institutional factors 442 81
Threats by year (SOC reports)*
Threats* Year
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Buildings and Development
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Commercial development 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
Housing 8 4 9 4 4 6 8 4 4 4 3 3 5 5 1
Industrial areas 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Interpretative and visitation facilities 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 8 10 10 10 8 8 10 4 9 8 8 6 13 12 0
Transportation Infrastructure
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Air transport infrastructure 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0
Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 3 3 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0
Ground transport infrastructure 12 9 9 12 13 12 13 13 15 13 10 13 19 18 3
Marine transport infrastructure 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 0
Underground transport infrastructure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Services Infrastructures
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Localised utilities 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
Major linear utilities 3 3 1 3 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 7 7 0
Non-renewable energy facilities 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 3 0 3 0 2 3 4 0
Renewable energy facilities 1 0 1 0 1 2 4 4 4 3 4 2 6 6 0
Water infrastructure 11 8 12 9 12 10 12 13 14 14 12 16 23 21 3
Pollution
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Air pollution 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 2 2 5 3 0
Ground water pollution 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 0
Input of excess energy 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
Pollution of marine waters 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 1
Solid waste 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 4 5 1
Surface water pollution 6 3 5 4 5 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 7 5 1
Biological resource use/modification
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Aquaculture 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
Commercial hunting 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 6 5 5 0
Commercial wild plant collection 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crop production 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 0 4 1 2 3 3 1
Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 5 4 3 3 2 6 4 3 7 6 7 7 10 12 5
Forestry /wood production 3 6 2 0 2 3 3 4 4 7 4 7 9 9 1
Land conversion 13 14 14 15 13 13 13 16 14 16 10 15 18 16 2
Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 11 12 10 11 13 14 10 12 14 12 11 13 17 15 3
Subsistence hunting 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 0
Subsistence wild plant collection 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
Physical resource extraction
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Mining 12 14 17 14 16 14 18 15 18 16 17 17 29 28 2
Oil and gas 5 5 4 6 6 10 10 7 10 7 9 8 10 11 0
Quarrying 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
Water (extraction) 2 2 3 2 2 2 5 2 3 4 3 3 6 5 0
Local conditions affecting physical fabric
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Dust 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Micro-organisms 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pests 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Radiation/light 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Relative humidity 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temperature 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Water (rain/water table) 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
Wind 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Social/cultural uses of heritage
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 6 7 9 10 7 7 8 8 8 6 8 6 10 11 1
Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 10 9 9 6 13 11 18 8 16 12 15 12 28 25 2
Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1
Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Society's valuing of heritage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Other human activities
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Civil unrest 10 9 10 10 9 10 10 11 8 10 7 9 8 8 1
Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Illegal activities 27 29 26 29 29 27 34 27 30 31 27 29 41 39 4
Military training 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
Terrorism 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
War 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 0
Climate change and severe weather events
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Changes to oceanic waters 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 3 3 1
Desertification 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Drought 1 0 2 2 3 1 3 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 0
Flooding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other climate change impacts 0 2 0 2 3 1 3 1 2 3 4 3 9 8 2
Storms 2 1 1 3 2 3 4 4 2 4 2 4 5 5 3
Temperature change 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Sudden ecological or geological events
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Avalanche/ landslide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earthquake 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Fire (widlfires) 2 3 4 4 2 6 2 4 3 3 5 3 8 7 0
Tsunami/tidal wave 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Volcanic eruption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Hyper-abundant species 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 2 1 2 3 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 5 5 1
Invasive / alien marine species 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
Invasive/alien terrestrial species 6 5 6 3 7 5 4 4 9 9 8 9 15 14 3
Modified genetic material 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Translocated species 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Management and institutional factors
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023 2024
Financial resources 9 9 7 9 8 4 8 6 5 6 6 7 13 13 3
Governance 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 7 5 10 6 13 10 1
High impact research / monitoring activities 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Human resources 5 8 3 4 5 4 6 3 5 7 6 8 13 12 3
Legal framework 3 3 2 5 3 8 5 7 9 7 8 8 11 10 3
Low impact research / monitoring activities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Management activities 2 2 1 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Management systems/ management plan 26 22 24 22 25 30 30 26 31 29 30 32 57 53 5
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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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