State of Conservation
Legend
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
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Ethiopia Finland France Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Haiti Holy See Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Ireland Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mexico Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Nepal New Zealand Niger North Macedonia Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania Russian Federation Senegal Serbia Seychelles Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 824 Illegal activities 320 Housing 304 Ground transport infrastructure 269 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 234 Management activities 175 Financial resources 173 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 172 Legal framework 150 Land conversion 135 Mining 132 Human resources 114 Water (rain/water table) 109 Water infrastructure 100 Civil unrest 85 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 78 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 71 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 66 Surface water pollution 63 Deliberate destruction of heritage 60 Commercial development 58 Storms 58 Interpretative and visitation facilities 53 Forestry /wood production 53 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 50 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 49 Solid waste 48 Oil and gas 46 Relative humidity 45 War 42 Major linear utilities 40 Earthquake 40 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 37 Marine transport infrastructure 35 Air pollution 33 Crop production 33 Localised utilities 27 Water (extraction) 27 Flooding 26 Fire (widlfires) 25 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 19 Industrial areas 18 Input of excess energy 18 Subsistence hunting 18 Avalanche/ landslide 18 Invasive / alien freshwater species 18 Wind 16 Renewable energy facilities 15 Society's valuing of heritage 15 Governance 15 Air transport infrastructure 13 Quarrying 13 High impact research / monitoring activities 13 Commercial hunting 11 Invasive / alien marine species 10 Underground transport infrastructure 9 Temperature 9 Other climate change impacts 8 Volcanic eruption 8 Ground water pollution 7 Micro-organisms 7 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 7 Desertification 7 Pollution of marine waters 6 Terrorism 4 Radiation/light 3 Temperature change 3 Pests 2 Drought 2 Tsunami/tidal wave 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Military training 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.
