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State of Conservation

687
Reports
113
Properties concerned
63
States Parties with SOC reports
Property Category:Naturalclose
Date end:2006close
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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 307 Illegal activities 285 Ground transport infrastructure 151 Mining 126 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 122 Financial resources 104 Land conversion 101 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 99 Water infrastructure 90 Civil unrest 89 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 76 Surface water pollution 60 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 51 Forestry /wood production 47 Housing 46 Human resources 45 War 43 Oil and gas 41 Legal framework 38 Crop production 35 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 30 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 28 Water (extraction) 28 Major linear utilities 25 Water (rain/water table) 22 Invasive / alien freshwater species 21 Marine transport infrastructure 19 Air pollution 19 Subsistence hunting 19 Fire (widlfires) 18 Renewable energy facilities 16 Industrial areas 15 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 15 Input of excess energy 15 Localised utilities 14 Storms 14 Commercial hunting 12 Invasive / alien marine species 10 Interpretative and visitation facilities 8 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 8 Air transport infrastructure 5 Ground water pollution 5 Pollution of marine waters 5 Quarrying 5 Management activities 5 Commercial development 4 Flooding 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Governance 4 Solid waste 3 Drought 3 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Temperature change 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 1 Translocated species 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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