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 Argentina Australia Austria Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Dominica Ecuador Egypt Ethiopia France Germany Guinea Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mauritania Mexico Mongolia Montenegro Nepal New Zealand Niger North Macedonia Oman Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal Seychelles Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 716 Illegal activities 700 Mining 354 Ground transport infrastructure 325 Land conversion 293 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 279 Water infrastructure 267 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 247 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 232 Civil unrest 220 Financial resources 212 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 147 Oil and gas 141 Human resources 130 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 125 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 122 Housing 120 Surface water pollution 120 Legal framework 119 Forestry /wood production 104 War 104 Major linear utilities 75 Fire (widlfires) 70 Water (extraction) 69 Crop production 66 Governance 66 Invasive / alien freshwater species 54 Storms 51 Commercial hunting 50 Renewable energy facilities 49 Marine transport infrastructure 43 Air pollution 41 Subsistence hunting 38 Other climate change impacts 35 Water (rain/water table) 34 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 33 Drought 29 Invasive / alien marine species 29 Management activities 26 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 25 Ground water pollution 24 Localised utilities 23 Input of excess energy 22 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 21 Industrial areas 20 Non-renewable energy facilities 20 Solid waste 20 Changes to oceanic waters 17 Pollution of marine waters 16 Translocated species 16 Temperature change 15 Air transport infrastructure 14 Quarrying 10 Interpretative and visitation facilities 9 Commercial development 7 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Deliberate destruction of heritage 5 Flooding 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Aquaculture 3 Subsistence wild plant collection 3 Military training 3 Hyper-abundant species 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Terrorism 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.
