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State of Conservation

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Chitwan National Park (2023)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Management systems/ management plan
Churches of Chiloé (2023)
States Parties: Chile
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Insufficient delimitation of boundaries
City of Potosí (2023)
States Parties: Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Legal framework Mining Surface water pollution
Other Threats: Instability and risk of collapse of the Cerro Rico; Deficiencies in conservation; Environmental impacts on the hydraulic complex
Danger List:  Yes
City of Quito (2023)
States Parties: Ecuador
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure
City of Valletta (2023)
States Parties: Malta
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Commercial development Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) (2023)
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Civil unrest Financial resources Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Intercommunity conflict between the Dogons and the Fulani
Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection (2023)
States Parties: Panama
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Colonial City of Santo Domingo (2023)
States Parties: Dominican Republic
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Earthquake Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Land conversion Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage Storms Underground transport infrastructure
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (2023)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Commercial development Management systems/ management plan Mining Society's valuing of heritage
Coro and its Port (2023)
States Parties: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Flooding Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Serious deterioration of materials and structure
Danger List:  Yes
Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din (2023)
States Parties: Syrian Arab Republic
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan Quarrying War
Danger List:  Yes
Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands (2023)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Poor state of conservation of the monastic irrigation system
Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley (2023)
States Parties: Afghanistan
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.3
Threats*: Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Housing
Other Threats: Risk of collapse of the Giant Buddha niches; Irreversible deterioration of the mural paintings
Danger List:  Yes
Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy (2023)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Governance Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage
Derwent Valley Mills (2023)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape (2023)
States Parties: Türkiye
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Civil unrest Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Dja Faunal Reserve (2023)
States Parties: Cameroon
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Mining Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Risk of loss of ecological connectivity
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (2023)
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Human resources Invasive / alien freshwater species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Subsistence hunting
Other Threats: Soils salinity
Doñana National Park (2023)
States Parties: Spain
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Major linear utilities Mining Non-renewable energy facilities Oil and gas Water (extraction) Water (rain/water table) Water infrastructure
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex (2023)
States Parties: Thailand
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Forest fragmentation / Need for ecological corridors
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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 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 195 Housing 92 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 62 Illegal activities 58 Ground transport infrastructure 54 Legal framework 48 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 37 Land conversion 37 Mining 33 Management activities 33 Financial resources 30 Human resources 30 Water infrastructure 28 Governance 27 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 24 War 22 Interpretative and visitation facilities 20 Commercial development 19 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 18 Water (rain/water table) 17 Civil unrest 17 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 17 Deliberate destruction of heritage 14 Solid waste 13 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 12 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 12 Oil and gas 12 Other climate change impacts 12 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 12 Marine transport infrastructure 11 Forestry /wood production 10 Major linear utilities 9 Surface water pollution 9 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 9 Fire (widlfires) 9 Underground transport infrastructure 8 Flooding 8 Renewable energy facilities 7 Air transport infrastructure 6 Non-renewable energy facilities 6 Crop production 6 Quarrying 6 Water (extraction) 6 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Storms 6 Industrial areas 5 Commercial hunting 5 Earthquake 5 Invasive / alien freshwater species 5 Air pollution 4 Ground water pollution 4 Changes to oceanic waters 4 Subsistence hunting 3 Relative humidity 3 Desertification 3 Drought 3 High impact research / monitoring activities 3 Localised utilities 2 Input of excess energy 2 Wind 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Military training 2 Pollution of marine waters 1 Aquaculture 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Pests 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Terrorism 1 Temperature change 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Hyper-abundant species 1 Invasive / alien marine species 1 Translocated species 1 Low impact research / monitoring activities 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.