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 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Malta Montenegro Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Serbia Slovakia Spain Switzerland Türkiye Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of AmericaThreats
Management systems/ management plan 350 Housing 299 Ground transport infrastructure 110 Legal framework 97 Management activities 93 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 89 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 51 Interpretative and visitation facilities 49 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 42 Deliberate destruction of heritage 35 Commercial development 29 Marine transport infrastructure 24 Solid waste 24 Land conversion 24 Illegal activities 24 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 24 Underground transport infrastructure 22 Civil unrest 20 Water infrastructure 18 Governance 17 Renewable energy facilities 15 Society's valuing of heritage 15 Earthquake 14 Financial resources 13 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 12 Input of excess energy 11 High impact research / monitoring activities 11 Mining 10 Water (rain/water table) 9 Oil and gas 8 Quarrying 8 Human resources 8 Surface water pollution 7 Micro-organisms 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Localised utilities 5 Major linear utilities 5 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 5 Storms 5 Non-renewable energy facilities 4 Flooding 4 Other climate change impacts 4 Relative humidity 3 Wind 3 Pollution of marine waters 2 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Water (extraction) 1 Temperature 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.