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State of Conservation

450
Reports
108
Properties concerned
22
States Parties with SOC reports
Date end:2007close
Region: Asia and the Pacificclose
States Parties: Australia
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Interpretative and visitation facilities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts Water (extraction)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 2000
Document Source: WHC-2000/CONF.203/5,WHC-2000/CONF.203/INF.6,WHC-2000/CONF.204/10
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Interpretative and visitation facilities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts Water (extraction)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.204/5,WHC-99/CONF.209/14,WHC.99/CONF.208/5
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1992
Document Source: CLT-92/CONF.003/3,WHC-92/CONF.002/5
Threats*: Financial resources Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1991
Document Source: SC-91/CONF.002/4
Threats*: Financial resources Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1995
Document Source: WHC-95/CONF.203/5,WHC-95/CONF.203/5 Add.1
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Australia
Year: 1994
Document Source: WHC-94/CONF.001/3B Add.1
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Problems with landowners resident in the site and aboriginal concerns
States Parties: China
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/8Rev.
Threats*: Flooding Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Japan
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B
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Threats
Management systems/ management plan 264 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 94 Housing 89 Ground transport infrastructure 80 Management activities 80 Illegal activities 77 Legal framework 54 Financial resources 45 Land conversion 38 Mining 36 Human resources 36 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 34 Civil unrest 32 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 30 Water (rain/water table) 29 Commercial development 22 Interpretative and visitation facilities 21 Deliberate destruction of heritage 21 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 21 Water infrastructure 20 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 17 Relative humidity 17 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 16 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 14 Forestry /wood production 13 Major linear utilities 12 Water (extraction) 12 Marine transport infrastructure 11 Flooding 10 Fire (widlfires) 10 Society's valuing of heritage 9 Earthquake 8 Air pollution 7 Crop production 7 Storms 7 Air transport infrastructure 5 Localised utilities 5 Oil and gas 5 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 5 Avalanche/ landslide 5 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 5 Ground water pollution 4 Solid waste 4 Surface water pollution 4 Quarrying 4 Volcanic eruption 4 Governance 4 Industrial areas 3 Drought 3 Invasive / alien freshwater species 3 Wind 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Temperature change 2 Tsunami/tidal wave 2 Input of excess energy 1 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Temperature 1 Terrorism 1 High impact research / monitoring activities 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.