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State of Conservation

363
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273
Properties concerned
119
States Parties with SOC reports
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Aapravasi Ghat (2023)
States Parties: Mauritius
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Abu Mena (2024)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Lack of engagement with local communities and other stakeholders
Danger List:  Yes
Abu Mena (2023)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Encroachments within the property and inappropriate recent constructions; Lack of engagement with local communities and other stakeholders
Danger List:  Yes
Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (2024)
States Parties: Niger
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Erosion and siltation/ deposition Financial resources Forestry /wood production Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Mining
Danger List:  Yes
Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (2023)
States Parties: Niger
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Erosion and siltation/ deposition Forestry /wood production Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Management systems/ management plan Mining
Danger List:  Yes
Aksum (2024)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Civil unrest Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Structural instability of Stele 3 and Mausoleum Urban encroachment and inappropriate new developments
Aksum (2023)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Civil unrest Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Structural instability of Stele 3 Impact of the recent conflict on cultural heritage in the Tigray region
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (2023)
States Parties: Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains (2023)
States Parties: China
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Lack of clarity regarding components and buffer zone of the property
Ancient City of Aleppo (2024)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Earthquake Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
Ancient City of Aleppo (2023)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
Ancient City of Bosra (2024)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Housing Illegal activities War
Danger List:  Yes
Ancient City of Bosra (2023)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Housing Illegal activities War
Danger List:  Yes
Ancient City of Damascus (2024)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage War
Other Threats: fire
Danger List:  Yes
Ancient City of Damascus (2023)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage War
Other Threats: fire
Danger List:  Yes
Ancient City of Nessebar (2023)
States Parties: Bulgaria
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche (2024)
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Governance Ground transport infrastructure Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche (2023)
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Governance Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (2023)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Deliberate destruction of heritage Flooding Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Natural decay and structural problems Major infrastructure and development projects Uncontrolled urban development
Ancient Villages of Northern Syria (2024)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7A
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Earthquake Financial resources Housing Human resources Illegal activities Land conversion Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Military training Quarrying War
Danger List:  Yes
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Afghanistan Albania Algeria Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Guinea Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Italy Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Lesotho Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Togo 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 Zambia Zimbabwe
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 272 Housing 135 Illegal activities 91 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 79 Ground transport infrastructure 78 Legal framework 71 Land conversion 57 War 48 Management activities 48 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 46 Mining 46 Financial resources 45 Human resources 45 Water infrastructure 40 Governance 36 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 34 Civil unrest 30 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 28 Commercial development 26 Deliberate destruction of heritage 26 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 26 Interpretative and visitation facilities 25 Water (rain/water table) 25 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 21 Solid waste 19 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 18 Flooding 17 Other climate change impacts 17 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 16 Surface water pollution 16 Oil and gas 16 Marine transport infrastructure 14 Forestry /wood production 14 Fire (widlfires) 13 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 12 Major linear utilities 11 Renewable energy facilities 11 Earthquake 11 Underground transport infrastructure 10 Society's valuing of heritage 10 Storms 10 Air transport infrastructure 8 Crop production 8 Quarrying 8 Desertification 8 Industrial areas 7 Non-renewable energy facilities 7 Water (extraction) 7 Changes to oceanic waters 7 Invasive / alien freshwater species 7 Air pollution 6 Ground water pollution 6 Commercial hunting 6 Relative humidity 6 Localised utilities 5 Subsistence hunting 5 Wind 4 Drought 4 High impact research / monitoring activities 4 Pollution of marine waters 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 3 Military training 3 Input of excess energy 2 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 2 Terrorism 2 Temperature change 2 Invasive / alien marine species 2 Low impact research / monitoring activities 2 Aquaculture 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Pests 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Hyper-abundant 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.