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State of Conservation

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Date Start: 2013close
Date end:2013close
Old City of Sana'a (2013)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Land conversion Management activities
Other Threats: Functional decay of the residential neighborhoods
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (2013)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Old Town of Lijiang (2013)
States Parties: China
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Old Towns of Djenné (2013)
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Solid waste War
Other Threats: Deterioration of dwellings
Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn (2013)
States Parties: Austria
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (2013)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Petra (2013)
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Pirin National Park (2013)
States Parties: Bulgaria
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Pitons Management Area (2013)
States Parties: Saint Lucia
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island (2013)
States Parties: France
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) (2013)
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B
Threats*: Avalanche/ landslide Flooding
Prambanan Temple Compounds (2013)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add
Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley (2013)
States Parties: France
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B
Threats*: Micro-organisms
Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun (2013)
States Parties: Bahrain
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing
Rainforests of the Atsinanana (2013)
States Parties: Madagascar
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Illegal activities Land conversion Mining Subsistence hunting
Danger List:  Yes
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (2013)
States Parties: Honduras
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7A
Threats*: Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Danger List:  Yes
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus (2013)
States Parties: Libya
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Human resources
Royal Palaces of Abomey (2013)
States Parties: Benin
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Fire; Major deterioration of almost 50% of the earthen structural components
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara (2013)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7A
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Governance Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of the architectural heritage fabric
Danger List:  Yes
Salonga National Park (2013)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures (2013)
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Conservation of urban fabric
Samarra Archaeological City (2013)
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
San Agustín Archaeological Park (2013)
States Parties: Colombia
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add
Sangha Trinational (2013)
States Parties: Central African Republic Congo Cameroon
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities
Selous Game Reserve (2013)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Reduction of elephant population
Simien National Park (2013)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals
Other Threats: Declining populations of Walia ibex, Ethiopian wolf and other large mammal species
Danger List:  Yes
Site of Palmyra (2013)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: War
Other Threats: serious weathering of many stone blocks
Socotra Archipelago (2013)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Governance Ground transport infrastructure Invasive / alien marine species Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Taj Mahal (2013)
States Parties: India
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (2013)
States Parties: Costa Rica Panama
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Water infrastructure
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Afghanistan Albania Algeria Australia Austria Bahrain Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Ethiopia France Gabon Georgia Germany Guinea Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Italy Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Lebanon Libya Lithuania Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Mauritania Mexico Nepal Niger North Macedonia Pakistan Panama Peru Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Türkiye Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 106 Housing 54 Illegal activities 37 Ground transport infrastructure 26 Legal framework 24 Land conversion 23 Management activities 23 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 22 Mining 18 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 16 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 15 War 15 Water infrastructure 13 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 13 Civil unrest 13 Human resources 13 Deliberate destruction of heritage 12 Water (rain/water table) 11 Oil and gas 10 Financial resources 10 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 9 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 7 Marine transport infrastructure 7 Surface water pollution 7 Governance 7 Interpretative and visitation facilities 6 Solid waste 6 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 6 Flooding 6 Fire (widlfires) 6 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 6 Commercial development 5 Storms 5 Underground transport infrastructure 4 Localised utilities 4 Major linear utilities 4 High impact research / monitoring activities 4 Industrial areas 3 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Ground water pollution 3 Forestry /wood production 3 Other climate change impacts 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Commercial hunting 2 Crop production 2 Subsistence hunting 2 Water (extraction) 2 Wind 2 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 2 Changes to oceanic waters 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Earthquake 2 Invasive / alien marine species 2 Input of excess energy 1 Pollution of marine waters 1 Quarrying 1 Micro-organisms 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Desertification 1 Drought 1 Temperature change 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 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.