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 Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Canada Central African Republic China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Ecuador Ethiopia France Germany Guinea Honduras India Indonesia Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Madagascar Malawi Mauritania Mexico Mongolia Montenegro Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Niger North Macedonia Panama Poland Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sudan Switzerland Thailand 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 172 Illegal activities 136 Mining 91 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 80 Water infrastructure 72 Ground transport infrastructure 60 Land conversion 59 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 56 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 46 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 39 Financial resources 39 Governance 39 Human resources 39 Oil and gas 38 Legal framework 37 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 36 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 35 Civil unrest 32 Forestry /wood production 29 Other climate change impacts 24 Fire (widlfires) 23 Major linear utilities 22 Commercial hunting 20 Surface water pollution 19 Renewable energy facilities 18 Water (extraction) 17 Housing 16 War 16 Storms 16 Invasive / alien freshwater species 15 Solid waste 14 Air pollution 12 Drought 10 Marine transport infrastructure 9 Non-renewable energy facilities 9 Crop production 9 Subsistence hunting 9 Changes to oceanic waters 9 Invasive / alien marine species 7 Air transport infrastructure 6 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 4 Ground water pollution 4 Society's valuing of heritage 4 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 4 Translocated species 4 Management activities 4 Commercial development 3 Localised utilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Pollution of marine waters 3 Aquaculture 3 Subsistence wild plant collection 3 Quarrying 3 Water (rain/water table) 3 Military training 3 Hyper-abundant species 3 Industrial areas 2 Terrorism 2 Temperature change 2
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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.
