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) Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Serbia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland Türkiye Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of AmericaThreats
Management systems/ management plan 443 Housing 342 Ground transport infrastructure 125 Legal framework 121 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 112 Management activities 109 Interpretative and visitation facilities 59 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 54 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 53 Deliberate destruction of heritage 40 Commercial development 35 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 34 Marine transport infrastructure 31 Solid waste 28 Financial resources 28 Earthquake 26 Water (rain/water table) 25 Underground transport infrastructure 24 Land conversion 24 Water infrastructure 22 Illegal activities 22 Governance 21 Relative humidity 20 Civil unrest 20 Storms 16 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 15 High impact research / monitoring activities 15 Human resources 15 Society's valuing of heritage 14 Renewable energy facilities 13 Mining 13 Quarrying 13 Input of excess energy 11 Oil and gas 11 Micro-organisms 11 Air transport infrastructure 10 Localised utilities 9 Surface water pollution 9 Major linear utilities 7 Air pollution 5 Temperature 5 Wind 5 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 5 Flooding 5 Non-renewable energy facilities 4 War 4 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 3 Radiation/light 3 Terrorism 3 Other climate change impacts 3 Pollution of marine waters 2 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Water (extraction) 1 Pests 1 Temperature change 1 Fire (widlfires) 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.
