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 India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Japan Kazakhstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Malaysia Nepal Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Sri Lanka Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 280 Housing 148 Management activities 95 Ground transport infrastructure 74 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 73 Legal framework 65 Illegal activities 53 Financial resources 40 Human resources 40 Deliberate destruction of heritage 33 Water (rain/water table) 31 Commercial development 29 Interpretative and visitation facilities 28 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 28 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 23 Land conversion 22 Civil unrest 22 Relative humidity 20 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 19 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 13 Earthquake 11 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 10 Society's valuing of heritage 10 Air pollution 9 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 8 Marine transport infrastructure 7 Localised utilities 7 Flooding 7 Storms 7 Major linear utilities 6 High impact research / monitoring activities 6 Underground transport infrastructure 5 Water infrastructure 5 Quarrying 5 Avalanche/ landslide 5 Air transport infrastructure 4 Solid waste 4 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 4 Industrial areas 2 Wind 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Tsunami/tidal wave 2 Input of excess energy 1 Mining 1 Temperature 1 Terrorism 1 Fire (widlfires) 1 Volcanic eruption 1 Governance 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.