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
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Belize Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Cuba Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Estonia Ethiopia France Georgia Germany Guinea Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Libya Lithuania Madagascar Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mexico Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Nepal Niger Oman Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal Serbia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Syrian Arab Republic 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 YemenThreats
Management systems/ management plan 104 Housing 71 Illegal activities 44 Ground transport infrastructure 28 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 27 Management activities 25 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 22 Land conversion 22 Human resources 19 Deliberate destruction of heritage 18 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 17 Mining 16 Financial resources 16 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 15 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 15 Legal framework 13 Civil unrest 12 Water infrastructure 10 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 10 Interpretative and visitation facilities 9 Water (rain/water table) 9 Marine transport infrastructure 7 Forestry /wood production 6 Oil and gas 6 War 6 Governance 6 Commercial development 5 Solid waste 5 Earthquake 5 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 5 Air transport infrastructure 4 Major linear utilities 4 Crop production 4 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4 Flooding 4 Underground transport infrastructure 3 Surface water pollution 3 Commercial hunting 3 Water (extraction) 3 Relative humidity 3 Wind 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Society's valuing of heritage 3 Other climate change impacts 3 Temperature change 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Invasive / alien freshwater species 3 Industrial areas 2 Ground water pollution 2 Subsistence hunting 2 Micro-organisms 2 Temperature 2 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 2 Storms 2 High impact research / monitoring activities 2 Localised utilities 1 Non-renewable energy facilities 1 Air pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Translocated species 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.
