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 Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Belize Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Ethiopia France Georgia Germany Guinea Haiti Honduras India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Italy Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Libya Lithuania Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Montenegro Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Oman Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Suriname Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic 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 ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 117 Housing 50 Illegal activities 39 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 36 Legal framework 31 Ground transport infrastructure 29 Land conversion 25 Management activities 24 War 23 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 22 Mining 21 Governance 18 Human resources 18 Financial resources 17 Water infrastructure 15 Interpretative and visitation facilities 14 Civil unrest 14 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 13 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 13 Oil and gas 10 Deliberate destruction of heritage 10 Commercial development 9 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 9 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 8 Surface water pollution 8 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 8 Marine transport infrastructure 7 Underground transport infrastructure 7 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Water (rain/water table) 7 Solid waste 6 Forestry /wood production 6 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Major linear utilities 5 Renewable energy facilities 5 Fire (widlfires) 5 Localised utilities 4 Commercial hunting 4 Quarrying 4 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 4 Flooding 4 Other climate change impacts 4 Earthquake 4 Invasive / alien freshwater species 4 Industrial areas 3 Air pollution 3 Crop production 3 Water (extraction) 3 Storms 3 Wind 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Drought 2 Invasive / alien marine species 2 High impact research / monitoring activities 2 Input of excess energy 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Pests 1 Relative humidity 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Changes to oceanic waters 1 Desertification 1 Translocated species 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.
