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 Australia Bangladesh Cambodia China India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Japan Lao People's Democratic Republic Malaysia Nepal New Zealand Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Thailand Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 282 Housing 102 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 98 Ground transport infrastructure 89 Illegal activities 83 Management activities 83 Legal framework 57 Financial resources 51 Land conversion 41 Human resources 40 Mining 39 Civil unrest 36 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 34 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 32 Water (rain/water table) 30 Deliberate destruction of heritage 24 Commercial development 23 Interpretative and visitation facilities 23 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 23 Water infrastructure 22 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 18 Relative humidity 18 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 16 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 15 Forestry /wood production 14 Water (extraction) 13 Marine transport infrastructure 12 Major linear utilities 12 Society's valuing of heritage 10 Flooding 10 Fire (widlfires) 10 Crop production 8 Storms 8 Earthquake 8 Air pollution 7 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Localised utilities 5 Oil and gas 5 Avalanche/ landslide 5 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 5 Governance 5 Ground water pollution 4 Solid waste 4 Surface water pollution 4 Quarrying 4 Volcanic eruption 4 Invasive / alien freshwater species 4 Industrial areas 3 Drought 3 Tsunami/tidal wave 3 Wind 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Temperature change 2 Underground transport infrastructure 1 Input of excess energy 1 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Temperature 1 Terrorism 1 High 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.