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State of Conservation

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Reports
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Properties concerned
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States Parties with SOC reports
Date end:2006close
Region: Asia and the Pacificclose
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 240 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 86 Housing 76 Management activities 76 Ground transport infrastructure 73 Illegal activities 72 Legal framework 51 Financial resources 39 Land conversion 36 Mining 34 Human resources 32 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 29 Civil unrest 28 Water (rain/water table) 27 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 24 Commercial development 20 Deliberate destruction of heritage 20 Interpretative and visitation facilities 19 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 19 Water infrastructure 18 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 17 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 16 Relative humidity 15 Major linear utilities 12 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 12 Forestry /wood production 12 Marine transport infrastructure 11 Water (extraction) 11 Fire (widlfires) 10 Flooding 9 Society's valuing of heritage 8 Air pollution 7 Storms 7 Earthquake 7 Crop production 5 Oil and gas 5 Avalanche/ landslide 5 Air transport infrastructure 4 Localised utilities 4 Ground water pollution 4 Solid waste 4 Surface water pollution 4 Quarrying 4 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 4 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 4 Volcanic eruption 4 Governance 3 Industrial areas 2 Drought 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Tsunami/tidal wave 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Input of excess energy 1 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Wind 1 Terrorism 1 Temperature change 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.