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 Czechia Denmark Estonia France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Malta Montenegro Netherlands (Kingdom of the) North Macedonia 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 457 Housing 281 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 160 Ground transport infrastructure 151 Legal framework 135 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 107 Management activities 84 Illegal activities 80 Mining 61 Water infrastructure 53 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 49 Surface water pollution 43 Oil and gas 43 Interpretative and visitation facilities 42 Land conversion 37 Major linear utilities 35 Commercial development 33 Marine transport infrastructure 33 Renewable energy facilities 29 Deliberate destruction of heritage 25 Solid waste 24 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 24 Governance 23 Underground transport infrastructure 22 Forestry /wood production 22 Civil unrest 21 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 19 Storms 18 Financial resources 18 Fire (widlfires) 17 Water (extraction) 16 Water (rain/water table) 16 Human resources 16 Non-renewable energy facilities 15 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 15 Input of excess energy 13 Society's valuing of heritage 13 Earthquake 13 Invasive / alien freshwater species 13 Ground water pollution 12 Other climate change impacts 12 Quarrying 11 Localised utilities 9 High impact research / monitoring activities 9 Pollution of marine waters 8 Air pollution 7 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Air transport infrastructure 6 Commercial hunting 6 Crop production 6 Micro-organisms 6 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 5 Subsistence hunting 3 Relative humidity 3 War 3 Flooding 3 Temperature change 3 Low impact research / monitoring activities 3 Wind 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Temperature 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.