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 476 Housing 296 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 167 Ground transport infrastructure 160 Legal framework 136 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 110 Management activities 87 Illegal activities 86 Mining 65 Water infrastructure 55 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 51 Surface water pollution 46 Oil and gas 44 Interpretative and visitation facilities 43 Major linear utilities 37 Land conversion 37 Commercial development 34 Marine transport infrastructure 33 Renewable energy facilities 30 Deliberate destruction of heritage 27 Solid waste 24 Forestry /wood production 24 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 24 Governance 23 Underground transport infrastructure 22 Civil unrest 21 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 21 Storms 19 Fire (widlfires) 18 Financial resources 18 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 14 Earthquake 14 Invasive / alien freshwater species 14 Ground water pollution 13 Society's valuing of heritage 13 Quarrying 12 Other climate change impacts 12 Localised utilities 9 Air pollution 9 Pollution of marine waters 9 High impact research / monitoring activities 9 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.