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Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (2008)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Solid waste
Other Threats: Fire
Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar (2008)
States Parties: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Other Threats: Cracks at the Mostar bridge
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (2008)
States Parties: Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan)
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Governance High impact research / monitoring activities Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: a) Natural risk factors b) Deterioration of monuments
Danger List:  Yes
Old City of Salamanca (2008)
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (2008)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure Tsunami/tidal wave
Old Town of Lijiang (2008)
States Parties: China
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Old Towns of Djenné (2008)
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: Deterioration of dwellings
Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn (2008)
States Parties: Austria
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing
Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (2008)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Parthian Fortresses of Nisa (2008)
States Parties: Turkmenistan
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Interpretative and visitation facilities
Pitons Management Area (2008)
States Parties: Saint Lucia
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena (2008)
States Parties: Colombia
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Dilapidated state of conservation of the Church of Santo Domingo
Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan (2008)
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley (2008)
States Parties: France
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add2
Threats*: Micro-organisms
Purnululu National Park (2008)
States Parties: Australia
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Mining
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (2008)
States Parties: Spain France
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Red Fort Complex (2008)
States Parties: India
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (2008)
States Parties: Philippines
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7A
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Financial resources Housing Human resources Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage
Danger List:  Yes
Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape (2008)
States Parties: South Africa
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Mining
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (2008)
States Parties: Honduras
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Crop production Housing Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
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Afghanistan Algeria Andorra Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Cambodia Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Cuba Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Ecuador Egypt Estonia Ethiopia France Georgia Germany Greece Guinea Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Ireland Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lithuania Mali Malta Mauritania Mexico Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Nepal Niger Oman Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal Serbia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 96 Housing 58 Illegal activities 35 Ground transport infrastructure 28 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 24 Management activities 20 Land conversion 17 Financial resources 17 Legal framework 15 Deliberate destruction of heritage 14 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 13 Mining 13 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 13 Civil unrest 13 Water infrastructure 12 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 12 Human resources 11 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 10 Water (rain/water table) 8 Solid waste 7 Surface water pollution 7 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 7 Commercial development 6 Interpretative and visitation facilities 6 Marine transport infrastructure 6 Oil and gas 6 War 6 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Flooding 5 Governance 5 Earthquake 4 Major linear utilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Crop production 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 High impact research / monitoring activities 3 Underground transport infrastructure 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Air pollution 2 Ground water pollution 2 Water (extraction) 2 Relative humidity 2 Storms 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Air transport infrastructure 1 Localised utilities 1 Non-renewable energy facilities 1 Quarrying 1 Micro-organisms 1 Wind 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Drought 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 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.