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 Bangladesh Cambodia China Democratic People's Republic of Korea Fiji India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Malaysia Micronesia (Federated States of) Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Sri Lanka Thailand Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 323 Housing 176 Management activities 107 Ground transport infrastructure 90 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 85 Legal framework 72 Illegal activities 62 Human resources 47 Financial resources 44 Deliberate destruction of heritage 36 Commercial development 34 Interpretative and visitation facilities 34 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 32 Water (rain/water table) 32 Civil unrest 28 Land conversion 26 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 24 Relative humidity 20 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 20 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 17 Earthquake 15 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 14 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 12 Society's valuing of heritage 12 Underground transport infrastructure 11 Air pollution 10 Flooding 10 Marine transport infrastructure 8 Localised utilities 8 Air transport infrastructure 7 Solid waste 7 Storms 7 Major linear utilities 6 High impact research / monitoring activities 6 Industrial areas 5 Water infrastructure 5 Quarrying 5 Other climate change impacts 5 Avalanche/ landslide 5 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 4 Mining 3 Governance 3 Wind 2 Tsunami/tidal wave 2 Input of excess energy 1 Surface water pollution 1 Water (extraction) 1 Temperature 1 Military training 1 Terrorism 1 Fire (widlfires) 1 Volcanic eruption 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.