State of Conservation
154
Reports
154
Properties concerned
94
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start:
2017close
Date end:2017close
| States Parties: |
 Saudi Arabia
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Localised utilities Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
| Other Threats: | Visual impact of a rain water diversionary dam and of a water tower |
| States Parties: |
 Libya
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add |
| Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Human resources Illegal activities War |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Benin
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Governance Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Fire at the site |
| States Parties: |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A,WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas War |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Iraq
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add |
| Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan War |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Central African Republic Congo Cameroon
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Forestry /wood production Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Mining |
| States Parties: |
 United Republic of Tanzania
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
| 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 |
| States Parties: |
 Japan
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Aquaculture Hyper-abundant species Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Water infrastructure |
| Other Threats: | Anticipated effects of climate change |
| States Parties: |
 China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Comparative fragility of many sites |
| States Parties: |
 Ethiopia
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add2 |
| Threats*: | Crop production Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 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 |
| States Parties: |
 Syrian Arab Republic
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
| 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 |
| States Parties: |
 Yemen
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
| 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 |
| States Parties: |
China
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Governance Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Underground transport infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
 Iran (Islamic Republic of)
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Commercial development Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) |
| States Parties: |
 Côte d'Ivoire
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Illegal activities Mining |
| States Parties: |
 Costa Rica Panama
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
| Other Threats: | Lack of a long-term biological monitoring program |
| States Parties: |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
China
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities |
| States Parties: |
 Bangladesh
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
| Threats*: | Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Non-renewable energy facilities Pollution of marine waters Storms Water infrastructure |
| Other Threats: | Dredging of the Pashur River |
States Parties
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Australia Austria Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominica Ecuador Egypt Ethiopia France Gabon Georgia Germany Guinea Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Lesotho Libya Madagascar Mali Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Morocco Nepal Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Pakistan Panama Peru Poland Romania Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain State of Palestine Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Türkiye Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 108 Housing 58 Illegal activities 43 Ground transport infrastructure 38 Land conversion 34 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 34 Legal framework 30 Management activities 30 War 22 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 20 Mining 20 Human resources 20 Water infrastructure 19 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 17 Civil unrest 17 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 15 Financial resources 15 Interpretative and visitation facilities 13 Water (rain/water table) 12 Deliberate destruction of heritage 12 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 12 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 12 Governance 11 Commercial development 8 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 8 Marine transport infrastructure 8 Surface water pollution 8 Forestry /wood production 8 Underground transport infrastructure 7 Crop production 7 Oil and gas 7 Flooding 7 Major linear utilities 6 Solid waste 6 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 6 Commercial hunting 5 Water (extraction) 5 Fire (widlfires) 5 Renewable energy facilities 4 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 4 Other climate change impacts 4 Storms 4 Air transport infrastructure 3 Localised utilities 3 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Society's valuing of heritage 3 High impact research / monitoring activities 3 Ground water pollution 2 Pollution of marine waters 2 Subsistence hunting 2 Quarrying 2 Military training 2 Changes to oceanic waters 2 Drought 2 Earthquake 2 Invasive / alien marine species 2 Industrial areas 1 Air pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Aquaculture 1 Relative humidity 1 Wind 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Temperature change 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Hyper-abundant species 1 Invasive / alien freshwater 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.
