State of Conservation
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
Albania Andorra Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Holy See Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Montenegro Netherlands (Kingdom of the) North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Türkiye Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of AmericaThreats
Management systems/ management plan 654 Housing 398 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 233 Ground transport infrastructure 207 Legal framework 171 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 114 Management activities 113 Illegal activities 107 Mining 99 Surface water pollution 97 Water infrastructure 94 Oil and gas 67 Interpretative and visitation facilities 65 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 65 Forestry /wood production 53 Major linear utilities 52 Financial resources 46 Marine transport infrastructure 45 Commercial development 42 Renewable energy facilities 41 Deliberate destruction of heritage 40 Storms 40 Land conversion 35 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 35 Water (rain/water table) 34 Solid waste 32 Water (extraction) 32 Earthquake 28 Governance 26 Human resources 26 Underground transport infrastructure 24 Invasive / alien freshwater species 24 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 24 Localised utilities 21 Quarrying 21 Crop production 20 Relative humidity 20 Civil unrest 20 Fire (widlfires) 20 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 19 Air pollution 18 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 18 Input of excess energy 17 Ground water pollution 16 Pollution of marine waters 15 High impact research / monitoring activities 15 Industrial areas 14 Non-renewable energy facilities 14 Society's valuing of heritage 14 Air transport infrastructure 12 Micro-organisms 11 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 9 War 9 Other climate change impacts 9 Commercial hunting 7 Temperature 5 Wind 5 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 5 Flooding 5 Temperature change 5 Subsistence hunting 3 Radiation/light 3 Terrorism 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Pests 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Hyper-abundant species 1 Low impact research / monitoring activities 1
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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.
