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State of Conservation

846
Reports
128
Properties concerned
69
States Parties with SOC reports
Property Category:Naturalclose
Date end:2009close
Legend

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 380 Illegal activities 370 Ground transport infrastructure 183 Mining 163 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 145 Land conversion 136 Financial resources 133 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 131 Water infrastructure 120 Civil unrest 118 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 110 Surface water pollution 72 Housing 66 Human resources 66 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 64 War 60 Forestry /wood production 59 Oil and gas 54 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 53 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 46 Legal framework 46 Crop production 45 Major linear utilities 34 Water (extraction) 34 Invasive / alien freshwater species 27 Water (rain/water table) 26 Fire (widlfires) 26 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 23 Subsistence hunting 23 Marine transport infrastructure 22 Air pollution 22 Renewable energy facilities 18 Input of excess energy 18 Industrial areas 17 Storms 17 Localised utilities 16 Commercial hunting 16 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 12 Invasive / alien marine species 10 Governance 10 Management activities 10 Interpretative and visitation facilities 9 Ground water pollution 9 Air transport infrastructure 8 Quarrying 7 Pollution of marine waters 6 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 6 Drought 6 Temperature change 6 Commercial development 4 Solid waste 4 Flooding 4 Other climate change impacts 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Translocated species 4 Deliberate destruction of heritage 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Society's valuing 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.