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
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Australia Austria Bangladesh Belarus Belize Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Cameroon Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Estonia Ethiopia France Georgia Germany Guinea Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Libya Lithuania Madagascar Malaysia Mali Mauritius Mexico Morocco Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Niger Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal Serbia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Tunisia Türkiye 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 ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 108 Housing 64 Illegal activities 42 Ground transport infrastructure 28 Management activities 25 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 23 Land conversion 23 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 21 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 19 Legal framework 19 Financial resources 18 Mining 17 Human resources 16 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 14 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 13 Civil unrest 13 Deliberate destruction of heritage 13 Water infrastructure 11 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 10 Water (rain/water table) 9 Interpretative and visitation facilities 8 Marine transport infrastructure 8 Oil and gas 8 Surface water pollution 7 Crop production 6 Storms 6 Governance 6 Underground transport infrastructure 5 Solid waste 5 War 5 Earthquake 5 Flooding 4 Fire (widlfires) 4 Commercial development 3 Industrial areas 3 Major linear utilities 3 Pollution of marine waters 3 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 3 Relative humidity 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Society's valuing of heritage 3 Invasive / alien freshwater species 3 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 3 High impact research / monitoring activities 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Localised utilities 2 Ground water pollution 2 Water (extraction) 2 Wind 2 Changes to oceanic waters 2 Drought 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Translocated species 2 Non-renewable energy facilities 1 Renewable energy facilities 1 Input of excess energy 1 Commercial hunting 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Quarrying 1 Micro-organisms 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Temperature change 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Volcanic eruption 1 Hyper-abundant species 1 Invasive / alien marine species 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.
