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Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains (2023)
States Parties: China
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Lack of clarity regarding components and buffer zone of the property
Ancient City of Nessebar (2023)
States Parties: Bulgaria
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (2023)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Natural decay and structural problems Major infrastructure and development projects Uncontrolled urban development
Banc d'Arguin National Park (2023)
States Parties: Mauritania
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Borobudur Temple Compounds (2023)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
City of Valletta (2023)
States Parties: Malta
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection (2023)
States Parties: Panama
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Colonial City of Santo Domingo (2023)
States Parties: Dominican Republic
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
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*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Danger List:  Yes
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*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
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*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Forest fragmentation / Need for ecological corridors
Durmitor National Park (2023)
States Parties: Montenegro
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve (2023)
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: • Necessity to save the Sonoran Pronghorn from possible extinction • Environmental concerns in security efforts along the international border
Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo (2023)
States Parties: Panama
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Lack of established boundaries and buffer zones
Danger List:  Yes
Galápagos Islands (2023)
States Parties: Ecuador
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Golden Mountains of Altai (2023)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve (2023)
States Parties: France
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago (2023)
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Hill Forts of Rajasthan (2023)
States Parties: India
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Vulnerabilities of certain individual structures within the forts requiring short-term conservation actions
Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu (2023)
States Parties: Peru
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Iguaçu National Park (2023)
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Kizhi Pogost (2023)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Structural integrity issues at the Church of the Transfiguration
Komodo National Park (2023)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Lake Baikal (2023)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (2023)
States Parties: India
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (2023)
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Decline in the overwintering population of Monarch butterflies in the property
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (2023)
States Parties: Zambia Zimbabwe
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia (2023)
States Parties: Micronesia (Federated States of)
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Danger List:  Yes
National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers (2023)
States Parties: Haiti
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region (2023)
States Parties: Albania North Macedonia
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (2023)
States Parties: Montenegro
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Ngorongoro Conservation Area (2023)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Challenging situation of community livelihoods; Condition and conservation of the Laetoli hominid footprints
Old City of Dubrovnik (2023)
States Parties: Croatia
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove (2023)
States Parties: Nigeria
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Fragility of spiritual, symbolic and ritual qualities of the Grove in the face of a growth in visitor numbers
Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) (2023)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Degradation of the mural paintings and buildings
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park (2023)
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Pirin National Park (2023)
States Parties: Bulgaria
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Pitons Management Area (2023)
States Parties: Saint Lucia
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena (2023)
States Parties: Colombia
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Quebrada de Humahuaca (2023)
States Parties: Argentina
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple (2023)
States Parties: Sri Lanka
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Continued deterioration of the paintings; General deterioration of the Golden Temple
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara (2023)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Deterioration of the architectural heritage fabric
Rwenzori Mountains National Park (2023)
States Parties: Uganda
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Sagarmatha National Park (2023)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Human-wildlife conflict
Saint Catherine Area (2023)
States Parties: Egypt
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park (2023)
States Parties: Sudan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Need to establish a code of conduct including formal rules and regulations for all dive operators
Selous Game Reserve (2023)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Significant decline of wildlife populations due to poaching ; Need for increased involvement of local communities
Danger List:  Yes
Shiretoko (2023)
States Parties: Japan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor (2023)
States Parties: China Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Comparative fragility of many sites
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (2023)
States Parties: Japan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.3
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats:
Stone Town of Zanzibar (2023)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Natural disasters and lack of risk-preparedness
Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of Ancient Ishanapura (2023)
States Parties: Cambodia
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Risk of collapse of some temples
Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture (2023)
States Parties: Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Trang An Landscape Complex (2023)
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Tyre (2023)
States Parties: Lebanon
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Upper Middle Rhine Valley (2023)
States Parties: Germany
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape (2023)
States Parties: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar (2023)
States Parties: Croatia Italy Montenegro
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.3
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats:
Venice and its Lagoon (2023)
States Parties: Italy
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: Climate change and severe weather events / Climate Change impacts on the lagoon ecology and built fabric
Virgin Komi Forests (2023)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Wadi Rum Protected Area (2023)
States Parties: Jordan
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Western Caucasus (2023)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
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Albania Argentina Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia China Colombia Croatia Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt France Germany Haiti India Indonesia Italy Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Malta Mauritania Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Montenegro Nepal Nigeria North Macedonia Panama Peru Russian Federation Saint Lucia Sri Lanka Sudan Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Türkiye Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Viet Nam Zambia Zimbabwe
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* : 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.