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 Algeria Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Ethiopia Finland France Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Haiti Holy See Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mexico Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Nepal New Zealand Niger North Macedonia Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania Russian Federation Senegal Serbia Seychelles Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Tunisia Türkiye Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 543 Illegal activities 215 Ground transport infrastructure 198 Housing 183 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 155 Management activities 134 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 127 Financial resources 112 Mining 101 Land conversion 97 Legal framework 88 Water infrastructure 77 Water (rain/water table) 74 Human resources 56 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 55 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 53 Storms 53 Surface water pollution 51 Civil unrest 48 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 45 Forestry /wood production 41 Relative humidity 37 Oil and gas 33 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 33 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 32 Deliberate destruction of heritage 31 Solid waste 30 Earthquake 29 Commercial development 28 Air pollution 28 War 28 Interpretative and visitation facilities 27 Marine transport infrastructure 26 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 26 Major linear utilities 25 Localised utilities 24 Crop production 23 Water (extraction) 23 Fire (widlfires) 19 Flooding 18 Industrial areas 14 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 14 Subsistence hunting 12 Wind 12 Input of excess energy 11 Renewable energy facilities 10 Quarrying 10 Avalanche/ landslide 10 Invasive / alien freshwater species 10 Society's valuing of heritage 9 Invasive / alien marine species 9 Air transport infrastructure 8 Temperature 8 Other climate change impacts 7 Volcanic eruption 7 Governance 7 High impact research / monitoring activities 7 Desertification 6 Commercial hunting 5 Micro-organisms 5 Terrorism 4 Ground water pollution 3 Pollution of marine waters 3 Radiation/light 3 Pests 2 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 2 Underground transport infrastructure 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Military training 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.
