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 Australia Bangladesh Cambodia China Democratic People's Republic of Korea Fiji India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Japan Kazakhstan Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Malaysia Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Thailand Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 404 Housing 200 Ground transport infrastructure 148 Illegal activities 135 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 133 Management activities 77 Financial resources 74 Legal framework 68 Human resources 66 Water infrastructure 65 Land conversion 62 Mining 60 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 50 Civil unrest 46 Commercial development 41 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 38 Interpretative and visitation facilities 36 Other climate change impacts 35 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 33 Forestry /wood production 30 Governance 29 Storms 27 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 26 Underground transport infrastructure 25 Deliberate destruction of heritage 25 Marine transport infrastructure 23 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 23 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 22 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 21 Changes to oceanic waters 21 Earthquake 19 Air transport infrastructure 18 Industrial areas 17 Air pollution 17 Society's valuing of heritage 16 Solid waste 15 Crop production 15 Non-renewable energy facilities 14 Surface water pollution 14 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 14 Water (extraction) 14 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 14 Commercial hunting 13 Temperature change 12 Water (rain/water table) 11 Invasive / alien freshwater species 11 High impact research / monitoring activities 9 Ground water pollution 8 Flooding 8 Renewable energy facilities 6 Localised utilities 5 Relative humidity 5 Military training 5 Pollution of marine waters 4 Aquaculture 4 Quarrying 4 Pests 4 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 4 Hyper-abundant species 4 Input of excess energy 3 Subsistence wild plant collection 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Oil and gas 2 Wind 2 Drought 2 Low impact research / monitoring activities 2 Temperature 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 1 Volcanic eruption 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.