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 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
Illegal activities 630 Management systems/ management plan 627 Mining 308 Ground transport infrastructure 293 Land conversion 260 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 239 Water infrastructure 228 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 217 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 216 Civil unrest 203 Financial resources 192 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 128 Oil and gas 123 Housing 112 Surface water pollution 110 Human resources 109 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 105 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 101 Legal framework 100 War 96 Forestry /wood production 88 Major linear utilities 64 Crop production 61 Water (extraction) 60 Fire (widlfires) 59 Invasive / alien freshwater species 48 Governance 47 Storms 42 Renewable energy facilities 41 Marine transport infrastructure 39 Commercial hunting 39 Air pollution 34 Subsistence hunting 33 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 32 Water (rain/water table) 32 Invasive / alien marine species 25 Drought 24 Management activities 24 Other climate change impacts 23 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 23 Localised utilities 22 Ground water pollution 22 Input of excess energy 21 Industrial areas 19 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 17 Non-renewable energy facilities 15 Pollution of marine waters 14 Temperature change 14 Translocated species 14 Solid waste 13 Changes to oceanic waters 12 Air transport infrastructure 11 Interpretative and visitation facilities 9 Quarrying 9 Commercial development 6 Deliberate destruction of heritage 5 Society's valuing of heritage 4 Flooding 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Subsistence wild plant collection 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Aquaculture 1 Military training 1 Earthquake 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 1 Hyper-abundant species 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.
