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State of Conservation

598
Reports
109
Properties concerned
63
States Parties with SOC reports
Property Category:Naturalclose
Date end:2004close
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Category of site
Cultural site Natural site Mixed site

Site inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger
Cultural site Natural site Mixed site

Threats
Management systems/ management plan 267 Illegal activities 238 Ground transport infrastructure 135 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 105 Mining 103 Financial resources 91 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 87 Land conversion 84 Water infrastructure 74 Civil unrest 69 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 63 Surface water pollution 53 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 43 Housing 39 Forestry /wood production 39 Legal framework 36 Oil and gas 35 War 32 Human resources 32 Water (extraction) 25 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 23 Crop production 22 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 22 Major linear utilities 21 Water (rain/water table) 21 Marine transport infrastructure 19 Subsistence hunting 17 Invasive / alien freshwater species 16 Air pollution 15 Industrial areas 14 Fire (widlfires) 14 Localised utilities 13 Renewable energy facilities 13 Storms 13 Input of excess energy 12 Commercial hunting 10 Invasive / alien marine species 10 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 9 Interpretative and visitation facilities 7 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 7 Commercial development 4 Air transport infrastructure 4 Pollution of marine waters 4 Quarrying 4 Flooding 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Ground water pollution 3 Solid waste 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Management activities 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Temperature change 1 Governance 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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