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
Argentina Australia Bangladesh Belarus Belize Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Canada Central African Republic China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Dominica Ecuador Egypt Ethiopia Guinea Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Italy Japan Kenya Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mauritania Mexico Montenegro Nepal New Zealand Niger Oman Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal Seychelles Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Thailand Tunisia Uganda United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 404 Illegal activities 396 Ground transport infrastructure 192 Mining 180 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 154 Land conversion 150 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 140 Financial resources 140 Water infrastructure 132 Civil unrest 128 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 120 Surface water pollution 77 Housing 75 Human resources 69 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 67 War 64 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 63 Forestry /wood production 61 Oil and gas 58 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 52 Legal framework 48 Crop production 46 Water (extraction) 37 Major linear utilities 35 Fire (widlfires) 30 Invasive / alien freshwater species 28 Water (rain/water table) 27 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 24 Air pollution 24 Marine transport infrastructure 23 Subsistence hunting 23 Renewable energy facilities 19 Input of excess energy 19 Commercial hunting 19 Storms 18 Industrial areas 17 Localised utilities 16 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 13 Invasive / alien marine species 12 Governance 12 Management activities 11 Ground water pollution 10 Interpretative and visitation facilities 9 Air transport infrastructure 8 Quarrying 8 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 8 Drought 8 Temperature change 8 Pollution of marine waters 7 Translocated species 5 Commercial development 4 Solid waste 4 Flooding 4 Other climate change impacts 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Deliberate destruction of heritage 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Earthquake 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 1 High impact research / monitoring activities 1
* :
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.
