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 Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Holy See 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 538 Housing 348 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 188 Ground transport infrastructure 171 Legal framework 127 Management activities 102 Surface water pollution 91 Illegal activities 90 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 88 Mining 80 Water infrastructure 74 Oil and gas 57 Interpretative and visitation facilities 51 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 51 Forestry /wood production 47 Major linear utilities 43 Financial resources 39 Deliberate destruction of heritage 37 Storms 37 Marine transport infrastructure 34 Renewable energy facilities 34 Commercial development 32 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 30 Water (extraction) 28 Earthquake 28 Solid waste 27 Land conversion 27 Water (rain/water table) 26 Localised utilities 21 Invasive / alien freshwater species 21 Crop production 20 Relative humidity 20 Underground transport infrastructure 19 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 19 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 19 Human resources 19 Quarrying 16 Fire (widlfires) 16 Air pollution 15 Pollution of marine waters 15 Industrial areas 14 Ground water pollution 14 Input of excess energy 14 Civil unrest 14 Micro-organisms 11 Governance 11 High impact research / monitoring activities 11 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 10 Air transport infrastructure 9 War 9 Non-renewable energy facilities 8 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 8 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Temperature 5 Wind 5 Flooding 5 Temperature change 5 Commercial hunting 4 Subsistence hunting 3 Radiation/light 3 Terrorism 3 Other climate change impacts 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Pests 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.