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Properties concerned
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States Parties with SOC reports
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States Parties: United States of America
Year: 1999
Document Source: WHC-99/CONF.209/13
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive / alien freshwater species Oil and gas Renewable energy facilities Surface water pollution
Other Threats: Infection threat to bison population
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.203/7
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive / alien freshwater species Oil and gas Renewable energy facilities Surface water pollution
Other Threats: Infection threat to bison population
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2A,WHC-97/CONF.208/8A
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive / alien freshwater species Mining Oil and gas Renewable energy facilities Surface water pollution
Other Threats: Infection threat to bison population
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 1996
Document Source: WHC-96/CONF.201/7A,WHC-96/CONF.202/2B
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive / alien freshwater species Mining Oil and gas Renewable energy facilities Surface water pollution
Other Threats: Infection threat to bison population
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 1995
Document Source: WHC-95/CONF.201/4,WHC-95/CONF.203/5,WHC-95/CONF.203/5 Add.1
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Ground transport infrastructure Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive / alien freshwater species Mining Oil and gas Renewable energy facilities Surface water pollution
Other Threats: Infection threat to bison population
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 1994
Document Source: WHC-94/CONF.001/10
Threats*: Mining
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 1989
Document Source: SC-89/CONF.003/12,SC-89/CONF.003/2,SC-89/CONF.004/12,SC-89/CONF.004/5
Other Threats: Fire
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 1988
Document Source: SC-88/CONF.001/13
Other Threats: Fire
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Management systems/ management plan 426 Illegal activities 425 Ground transport infrastructure 204 Mining 194 Land conversion 165 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 164 Financial resources 149 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 146 Water infrastructure 141 Civil unrest 138 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 131 Surface water pollution 81 Housing 79 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 73 Human resources 73 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 70 War 68 Oil and gas 64 Forestry /wood production 61 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 55 Legal framework 53 Crop production 50 Water (extraction) 39 Major linear utilities 38 Fire (widlfires) 34 Invasive / alien freshwater species 30 Water (rain/water table) 28 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 24 Marine transport infrastructure 24 Air pollution 24 Subsistence hunting 24 Storms 21 Commercial hunting 20 Renewable energy facilities 19 Input of excess energy 19 Industrial areas 18 Localised utilities 16 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 14 Governance 14 Invasive / alien marine species 13 Ground water pollution 12 Management activities 12 Drought 10 Interpretative and visitation facilities 9 Pollution of marine waters 9 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 9 Temperature change 9 Air transport infrastructure 8 Quarrying 8 Translocated species 7 Other climate change impacts 6 Commercial development 4 Solid waste 4 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Flooding 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Non-renewable energy facilities 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Changes to oceanic waters 1 Earthquake 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 1 High 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.