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Reports
456
Properties concerned
137
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 2008close
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Air pollution Governance Ground water pollution Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Other climate change impacts Renewable energy facilities Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Lack of engagement with First Nations and Metis in monitoring activities and insufficient consideration of traditional ecological knowledge; Insufficiently understood cumulative impacts of multiple development pressures
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2019
Document Source: WHC/19/43.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Other climate change impacts Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Lack of engagement with First Nations and Metis in monitoring activities and insufficient consideration of traditional ecological knowledge
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2017
Document Source: WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Other climate change impacts Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Lack of engagement with First Nations and Metis in monitoring activities and insufficient consideration of traditional ecological knowledge
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Water infrastructure
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2013
Document Source: WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2011
Document Source: WHC-11/35.COM/7B
Threats*: Underground transport infrastructure
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2010
Document Source: WHC-10/34.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Underground transport infrastructure
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Underground transport infrastructure
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Underground transport infrastructure
States Parties: China
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Air pollution Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Surface water pollution
States Parties: China
Year: 2019
Document Source: WHC/19/43.COM/7B
Threats*: Air pollution Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Surface water pollution
States Parties: China
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Air pollution Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Surface water pollution
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Air pollution Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Input of excess energy Invasive / alien freshwater species Management systems/ management plan Mining Surface water pollution
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 2010
Document Source: WHC-10/34.COM/7B
Threats*: Air pollution Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Input of excess energy Invasive / alien freshwater species Management systems/ management plan Mining Surface water pollution
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B
Threats*: Air pollution Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Input of excess energy Invasive / alien freshwater species Management systems/ management plan Mining Surface water pollution
States Parties: China
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Land conversion Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution
States Parties: China
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Land conversion Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management activities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution
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Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize 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 Cuba Czechia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guinea Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Libya Lithuania Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Oman 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 Turkmenistan 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 Zimbabwe
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 1716 Housing 898 Illegal activities 629 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 490 Ground transport infrastructure 476 Legal framework 401 Land conversion 393 Management activities 381 Mining 303 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 302 Human resources 257 Financial resources 255 Water infrastructure 241 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 231 War 227 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 216 Civil unrest 211 Deliberate destruction of heritage 188 Governance 174 Interpretative and visitation facilities 153 Water (rain/water table) 151 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 136 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 131 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 127 Oil and gas 123 Marine transport infrastructure 112 Surface water pollution 111 Commercial development 107 Solid waste 104 Flooding 88 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 87 Forestry /wood production 82 Major linear utilities 69 Fire (widlfires) 69 Underground transport infrastructure 68 Other climate change impacts 67 Storms 61 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 60 Earthquake 60 Crop production 59 Renewable energy facilities 54 Water (extraction) 49 Society's valuing of heritage 49 Air transport infrastructure 44 Commercial hunting 42 High impact research / monitoring activities 42 Invasive / alien freshwater species 40 Air pollution 34 Industrial areas 33 Non-renewable energy facilities 32 Ground water pollution 31 Quarrying 31 Localised utilities 30 Wind 30 Relative humidity 28 Drought 27 Changes to oceanic waters 26 Subsistence hunting 23 Invasive / alien marine species 21 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 20 Desertification 18 Input of excess energy 17 Translocated species 15 Pollution of marine waters 14 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 14 Temperature change 14 Avalanche/ landslide 13 Micro-organisms 7 Military training 7 Hyper-abundant species 5 Aquaculture 4 Subsistence wild plant collection 4 Pests 4 Low impact research / monitoring activities 4 Terrorism 3 Temperature 2 Tsunami/tidal wave 1 Volcanic eruption 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.