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State of Conservation

794
Reports
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Properties concerned
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States Parties with SOC reports
Property Category:Naturalclose
Date end:2008close
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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 358 Illegal activities 341 Ground transport infrastructure 174 Mining 149 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 138 Financial resources 124 Land conversion 122 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 122 Water infrastructure 112 Civil unrest 109 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 98 Surface water pollution 69 Housing 62 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 60 Human resources 58 War 55 Forestry /wood production 53 Oil and gas 49 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 43 Crop production 43 Legal framework 43 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 41 Water (extraction) 32 Major linear utilities 31 Water (rain/water table) 25 Invasive / alien freshwater species 25 Fire (widlfires) 23 Air pollution 22 Marine transport infrastructure 21 Subsistence hunting 21 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 20 Renewable energy facilities 18 Input of excess energy 18 Industrial areas 16 Storms 16 Localised utilities 15 Commercial hunting 13 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 10 Invasive / alien marine species 10 Interpretative and visitation facilities 9 Governance 8 Management activities 8 Ground water pollution 7 Quarrying 7 Air transport infrastructure 6 Pollution of marine waters 6 Drought 6 Commercial development 4 Solid waste 4 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 4 Flooding 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Temperature change 3 Translocated species 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Deliberate destruction of heritage 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 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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