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State of Conservation

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Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple (2016)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses
Other Threats: Continued deterioration of the paintings
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (2016)
States Parties: Philippines
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Financial resources Human resources Illegal activities Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (2016)
States Parties: Honduras
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Danger List:  Yes
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus (2016)
States Parties: Libya
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Human resources Illegal activities
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara (2016)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of the architectural heritage fabric
Rwenzori Mountains National Park (2016)
States Parties: Uganda
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Mining Other climate change impacts
Sagarmatha National Park (2016)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Air pollution Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Mining Other climate change impacts
Salonga National Park (2016)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas War
Danger List:  Yes
Samarra Archaeological City (2016)
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
Sangiran Early Man Site (2016)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
Selous Game Reserve (2016)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Significant decline of wildlife populations due to poaching
Danger List:  Yes
Serengeti National Park (2016)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Drought Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
Shahr-i Sokhta (2016)
States Parties: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor (2016)
States Parties: China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Comparative fragility of many of many sites
Simien National Park (2016)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 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 (2016)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Housing Illegal activities Localised utilities Major linear utilities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity War
Other Threats: serious weathering of many stone blocks
Danger List:  Yes
Socotra Archipelago (2016)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Civil unrest 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
Stone Town of Zanzibar (2016)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Natural disasters and lack of risk-preparedness
Sukur Cultural Landscape (2016)
States Parties: Nigeria
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (2016)
States Parties: Costa Rica Panama
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Water infrastructure
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Afghanistan Albania Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belize Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Ethiopia Georgia Germany Guinea Haiti Honduras India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Italy Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Libya Lithuania Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Montenegro Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Oman Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Russian Federation Saint Lucia Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Solomon Islands South Africa Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Suriname Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Tunisia 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 Zimbabwe
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 113 Housing 48 Illegal activities 43 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 33 Ground transport infrastructure 31 Legal framework 28 Land conversion 27 Management activities 25 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 23 Mining 22 Water infrastructure 17 Civil unrest 16 War 16 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 15 Financial resources 15 Human resources 15 Governance 13 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 12 Oil and gas 11 Interpretative and visitation facilities 10 Deliberate destruction of heritage 10 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 10 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 8 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 8 Marine transport infrastructure 7 Surface water pollution 7 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Solid waste 6 Water (rain/water table) 6 Underground transport infrastructure 5 Renewable energy facilities 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Industrial areas 4 Society's valuing of heritage 4 Flooding 4 Invasive / alien freshwater species 4 Commercial development 3 Air transport infrastructure 3 Localised utilities 3 Major linear utilities 3 Water (extraction) 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Other climate change impacts 3 Storms 3 Earthquake 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 High impact research / monitoring activities 3 Air pollution 2 Commercial hunting 2 Quarrying 2 Wind 2 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 2 Drought 2 Invasive / alien marine species 2 Ground water pollution 1 Crop production 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Relative humidity 1 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 1 Changes to oceanic waters 1 Desertification 1 Translocated species 1 Low 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.