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
Argentina Australia Bangladesh Belarus Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Central African Republic China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominica Ecuador Ethiopia Guinea Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Italy Japan Kenya Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mauritania Mexico Montenegro Nepal New Zealand Niger Oman Panama Peru Philippines Poland Romania Russian Federation Senegal Seychelles Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sri Lanka Thailand Tunisia Uganda United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 206 Illegal activities 192 Ground transport infrastructure 113 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 87 Mining 86 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 72 Water infrastructure 65 Land conversion 65 Financial resources 64 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 48 Civil unrest 48 Surface water pollution 46 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 32 Housing 31 Forestry /wood production 31 Oil and gas 27 War 24 Water (extraction) 23 Legal framework 23 Crop production 20 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 19 Water (rain/water table) 18 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 18 Marine transport infrastructure 17 Major linear utilities 16 Industrial areas 13 Localised utilities 13 Air pollution 13 Storms 13 Subsistence hunting 12 Fire (widlfires) 12 Renewable energy facilities 10 Input of excess energy 10 Invasive / alien freshwater species 10 Invasive / alien marine species 9 Human resources 9 Interpretative and visitation facilities 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 6 Commercial hunting 5 Flooding 4 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 4 Pollution of marine waters 3 Solid waste 3 Avalanche/ landslide 3 Commercial development 2 Air transport infrastructure 2 Ground water pollution 2 Quarrying 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Volcanic eruption 1 Management activities 1
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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.
