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State of Conservation

3907
Reports
569
Properties concerned
144
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 1997close
Date end:1997mode=listclose
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

States Parties
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) New Zealand Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Togo Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 2540 Housing 1243 Illegal activities 938 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 742 Ground transport infrastructure 726 Management activities 545 Legal framework 539 Land conversion 523 Mining 428 Financial resources 412 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 390 Human resources 379 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 377 Water infrastructure 315 Civil unrest 301 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 291 War 265 Deliberate destruction of heritage 257 Water (rain/water table) 239 Interpretative and visitation facilities 213 Governance 190 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 189 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 187 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 172 Commercial development 165 Oil and gas 165 Surface water pollution 163 Solid waste 159 Marine transport infrastructure 145 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 133 Forestry /wood production 132 Flooding 118 Major linear utilities 111 Storms 107 Crop production 99 Fire (widlfires) 98 Earthquake 95 Underground transport infrastructure 78 Other climate change impacts 75 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 73 Renewable energy facilities 69 Water (extraction) 67 Society's valuing of heritage 66 Invasive / alien freshwater species 62 Relative humidity 60 Air pollution 58 High impact research / monitoring activities 57 Air transport infrastructure 55 Commercial hunting 55 Industrial areas 47 Wind 46 Localised utilities 45 Quarrying 43 Ground water pollution 41 Subsistence hunting 39 Drought 33 Non-renewable energy facilities 32 Input of excess energy 32 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 31 Invasive / alien marine species 28 Changes to oceanic waters 26 Avalanche/ landslide 26 Desertification 24 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 23 Pollution of marine waters 20 Temperature change 19 Translocated species 17 Micro-organisms 10 Temperature 9 Military training 9 Volcanic eruption 9 Subsistence wild plant collection 5 Hyper-abundant species 5 Aquaculture 4 Pests 4 Terrorism 4 Low impact research / monitoring activities 4 Tsunami/tidal wave 3

* : 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.