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 Algeria Argentina Australia Bangladesh Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Canada Central African Republic China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Ethiopia Finland France Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Haiti Holy See Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Italy Japan Jordan Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Libya Lithuania Madagascar Malawi Mali Malta Mauritania Mexico Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Nepal New Zealand Niger Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Peru Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Senegal Serbia Seychelles Slovenia Spain Sri Lanka Syrian Arab Republic Tunisia Türkiye Uganda United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Viet Nam Yemen Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 183 Illegal activities 86 Ground transport infrastructure 68 Housing 65 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 50 Financial resources 49 Water infrastructure 48 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 48 Legal framework 41 Water (rain/water table) 40 Management activities 40 Land conversion 36 Mining 33 Human resources 25 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 24 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 21 Surface water pollution 20 Civil unrest 20 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 19 Relative humidity 18 War 16 Storms 15 Localised utilities 14 Crop production 14 Earthquake 14 Air pollution 13 Forestry /wood production 13 Water (extraction) 13 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 13 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 11 Solid waste 10 Oil and gas 10 Commercial development 9 Deliberate destruction of heritage 9 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 8 Wind 7 Flooding 7 Avalanche/ landslide 7 Industrial areas 6 Air transport infrastructure 6 Input of excess energy 6 Interpretative and visitation facilities 5 Marine transport infrastructure 5 Major linear utilities 5 Subsistence hunting 5 Micro-organisms 5 Temperature 5 Governance 5 Pollution of marine waters 3 Quarrying 3 Radiation/light 3 Terrorism 3 Desertification 3 Invasive / alien marine species 3 Renewable energy facilities 2 Pests 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 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.
