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State of Conservation

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141
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Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (2015)
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Other Threats: Reported decline in the overwintering population of Monarch butterfly
Morne Trois Pitons National Park (2015)
States Parties: Dominica
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Renewable energy facilities
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (2015)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire Guinea
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Mining
Danger List:  Yes
Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve (2015)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Marine transport infrastructure Oil and gas
Ngorongoro Conservation Area (2015)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Crop production Governance Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan Renewable energy facilities
Niokolo-Koba National Park (2015)
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Drought Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining Translocated species Water infrastructure
Danger List:  Yes
Okapi Wildlife Reserve (2015)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Mining
Danger List:  Yes
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (2015)
States Parties: Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan)
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
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 activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Natural risk factors; Deterioration of monuments
Danger List:  Yes
Old City of Sana'a (2015)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Civil unrest Housing Land conversion Management activities
Other Threats: Functional decay of the residential neighborhoods
Old Towns of Djenné (2015)
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Solid waste War
Other Threats: Deterioration of dwellings
Old Walled City of Shibam (2015)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Civil unrest Flooding
Other Threats: Poor maintenance
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove (2015)
States Parties: Nigeria
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Surface water pollution
Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) (2015)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (2015)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan
Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir (2015)
States Parties: State of Palestine
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Invasive/alien terrestrial species
Other Threats: potential construction of a separation fence (wall)
Danger List:  Yes
Petra (2015)
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Housing Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Phoenix Islands Protected Area (2015)
States Parties: Kiribati
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources
Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley (2015)
States Parties: France
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Micro-organisms
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park (2015)
States Parties: Philippines
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun (2015)
States Parties: Bahrain
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing
Rainforests of the Atsinanana (2015)
States Parties: Madagascar
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Governance Illegal activities Land conversion Mining Subsistence hunting
Danger List:  Yes
Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea (2015)
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (2015)
States Parties: Honduras
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Danger List:  Yes
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus (2015)
States Parties: Libya
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Human resources
Royal Palaces of Abomey (2015)
States Parties: Benin
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Crop production Subsistence hunting Subsistence wild plant collection
Other Threats: Fire at the site
Salonga National Park (2015)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas War
Danger List:  Yes
Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures (2015)
States Parties: Uzbekistan
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Conservation of urban fabric
Samarra Archaeological City (2015)
States Parties: Iraq
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
Sangha Trinational (2015)
States Parties: Central African Republic Congo Cameroon
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Civil unrest Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Mining
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Afghanistan Albania Algeria Australia Austria Bahrain Bangladesh Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominica Egypt Ethiopia Fiji France Gabon Georgia Germany Guinea Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Kiribati Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Lesotho Libya Madagascar Mali Mauritius Mexico Morocco Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Romania Russian Federation 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 Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Yemen
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 95 Housing 50 Illegal activities 38 Ground transport infrastructure 30 Land conversion 29 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 25 Management activities 25 Legal framework 21 Mining 20 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 16 Civil unrest 16 Water infrastructure 15 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 15 War 15 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 14 Human resources 13 Deliberate destruction of heritage 10 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 10 Financial resources 9 Interpretative and visitation facilities 8 Surface water pollution 8 Water (rain/water table) 8 Governance 8 Solid waste 7 Oil and gas 7 Flooding 7 Commercial development 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 6 Marine transport infrastructure 6 Major linear utilities 6 Renewable energy facilities 6 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 6 Crop production 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Fire (widlfires) 5 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 4 Storms 4 Underground transport infrastructure 3 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Ground water pollution 3 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Commercial hunting 2 Subsistence hunting 2 Quarrying 2 Water (extraction) 2 Changes to oceanic waters 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Invasive / alien marine species 2 High impact research / monitoring activities 2 Industrial areas 1 Localised utilities 1 Air pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Pollution of marine waters 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Micro-organisms 1 Relative humidity 1 Wind 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Drought 1 Temperature change 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Earthquake 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.