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State of Conservation

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Reports
171
Properties concerned
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States Parties with SOC reports
Date end:2009close
Region: Europe and North Americaclose
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Flooding Marine transport infrastructure
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Flooding Marine transport infrastructure Surface water pollution
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: General need for interior and exterior conservation work on the monuments
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: General need for interior and exterior conservation work on the monuments
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: General need for interior and exterior conservation work on the monuments
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: General need for interior and exterior conservation work of the monuments
States Parties: Georgia
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: High impact research / monitoring activities Management activities Water (rain/water table) Wind
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2002
Document Source: WHC-02/CONF.201/11Rev,WHC-02/CONF.202/17,WHC-02/CONF.202/2
Threats*: Commercial development Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10
Threats*: Commercial development Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Oil and gas
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Major linear utilities Oil and gas
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major linear utilities
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2006
Document Source: WHC-06/30.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2001
Document Source: WHC-01/CONF.208/10,WHC-2001/CONF.205/5
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Major linear utilities
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2000
Document Source: WHC-2000/CONF.202/5,WHC-2000/CONF.204/10
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Major linear utilities
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 1994
Document Source: WHC-94/CONF.001/3B
Other Threats: Deterioration of the rock and the mural paintings
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 1992
Document Source: CLT-92/CONF.003/2,WHC-92/CONF.002/12
Threats*: Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
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Management systems/ management plan 318 Housing 213 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 114 Ground transport infrastructure 104 Surface water pollution 65 Legal framework 60 Illegal activities 51 Water infrastructure 49 Mining 46 Management activities 46 Forestry /wood production 37 Interpretative and visitation facilities 32 Financial resources 31 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 30 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 30 Major linear utilities 29 Oil and gas 29 Deliberate destruction of heritage 27 Storms 24 Renewable energy facilities 19 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 19 Water (rain/water table) 19 Earthquake 19 Water (extraction) 17 Relative humidity 17 Commercial development 16 Marine transport infrastructure 16 Localised utilities 15 Solid waste 15 Industrial areas 14 Crop production 14 Invasive / alien freshwater species 13 Air pollution 12 Quarrying 12 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 12 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 11 Human resources 11 War 9 Pollution of marine waters 8 Air transport infrastructure 7 Underground transport infrastructure 7 Ground water pollution 7 Input of excess energy 7 Micro-organisms 7 Fire (widlfires) 7 High impact research / monitoring activities 7 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 6 Governance 6 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 5 Temperature 5 Land conversion 4 Wind 4 Temperature change 4 Radiation/light 3 Civil unrest 3 Terrorism 3 Flooding 3 Non-renewable energy facilities 2 Subsistence hunting 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Society's valuing of heritage 2 Commercial hunting 1 Pests 1 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Other climate change impacts 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.