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State of Conservation

741
Reports
119
Properties concerned
66
States Parties with SOC reports
Property Category:Naturalclose
Date end:2007close
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Category of site
Cultural site Natural site Mixed site

Site inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger
Cultural site Natural site Mixed site

Threats
Management systems/ management plan 332 Illegal activities 314 Ground transport infrastructure 162 Mining 137 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 132 Financial resources 115 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 112 Land conversion 109 Water infrastructure 101 Civil unrest 99 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 87 Surface water pollution 63 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 55 Housing 54 Human resources 53 Forestry /wood production 50 War 50 Oil and gas 44 Crop production 41 Legal framework 40 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 35 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 35 Water (extraction) 30 Major linear utilities 28 Water (rain/water table) 24 Invasive / alien freshwater species 23 Subsistence hunting 21 Fire (widlfires) 21 Marine transport infrastructure 20 Air pollution 20 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 17 Renewable energy facilities 17 Industrial areas 16 Input of excess energy 16 Localised utilities 14 Storms 14 Commercial hunting 13 Invasive / alien marine species 10 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 9 Interpretative and visitation facilities 8 Air transport infrastructure 6 Ground water pollution 6 Pollution of marine waters 6 Quarrying 6 Governance 6 Management activities 6 Drought 5 Commercial development 4 Solid waste 4 Flooding 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 3 Temperature change 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Translocated species 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 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.