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 Andorra Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Montenegro Netherlands (Kingdom of the) North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Türkiye Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of AmericaThreats
Management systems/ management plan 629 Housing 392 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 223 Ground transport infrastructure 205 Legal framework 159 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 115 Illegal activities 107 Management activities 107 Mining 95 Surface water pollution 82 Water infrastructure 78 Interpretative and visitation facilities 65 Oil and gas 63 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 59 Major linear utilities 54 Forestry /wood production 49 Marine transport infrastructure 46 Renewable energy facilities 43 Commercial development 41 Financial resources 40 Deliberate destruction of heritage 39 Land conversion 38 Storms 32 Solid waste 30 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 29 Underground transport infrastructure 26 Water (extraction) 26 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 25 Governance 24 Invasive / alien freshwater species 23 Earthquake 22 Water (rain/water table) 21 Civil unrest 21 Fire (widlfires) 21 Human resources 21 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 20 Quarrying 19 Input of excess energy 17 Ground water pollution 16 High impact research / monitoring activities 16 Non-renewable energy facilities 15 Society's valuing of heritage 15 Crop production 14 Localised utilities 13 Air pollution 13 Pollution of marine waters 12 Other climate change impacts 12 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 10 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 9 Industrial areas 8 Air transport infrastructure 7 Commercial hunting 7 Micro-organisms 6 Relative humidity 5 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 5 Flooding 5 Temperature change 5 Subsistence hunting 3 Wind 3 War 3 Low impact research / monitoring activities 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Temperature 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Hyper-abundant species 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.
