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 Australia Chad China France Gabon Greece Guatemala Iraq Jamaica Jordan Lesotho Mali Mexico New Zealand North Macedonia Peru South Africa Spain Sweden Türkiye United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 113 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 66 Ground transport infrastructure 45 Forestry /wood production 23 Illegal activities 23 Legal framework 21 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 20 Governance 20 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 18 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 17 Mining 16 Avalanche/ landslide 16 Crop production 15 Management activities 15 Land conversion 14 Financial resources 14 Housing 13 Interpretative and visitation facilities 12 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 10 Human resources 10 Fire (widlfires) 9 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 8 Flooding 8 Solid waste 6 Oil and gas 6 War 5 Society's valuing of heritage 4 Volcanic eruption 4 Marine transport infrastructure 3 Major linear utilities 3 Ground water pollution 3 Deliberate destruction of heritage 3 Invasive / alien freshwater species 3 Commercial development 2 Water infrastructure 2 Surface water pollution 2 Civil unrest 2 Storms 2 Earthquake 2 Renewable energy facilities 1 Input of excess energy 1 Water (extraction) 1 Water (rain/water table) 1 Drought 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 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.