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) Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Serbia Slovakia Spain Switzerland Türkiye Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of AmericaThreats
Management systems/ management plan 385 Housing 325 Ground transport infrastructure 119 Legal framework 102 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 98 Management activities 98 Interpretative and visitation facilities 56 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 53 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 44 Deliberate destruction of heritage 39 Commercial development 33 Marine transport infrastructure 28 Land conversion 26 Underground transport infrastructure 25 Solid waste 25 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 25 Illegal activities 24 Water infrastructure 21 Civil unrest 21 Earthquake 17 Governance 17 Financial resources 16 Renewable energy facilities 15 Society's valuing of heritage 15 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 13 High impact research / monitoring activities 13 Input of excess energy 11 Mining 11 Oil and gas 11 Quarrying 11 Water (rain/water table) 10 Human resources 9 Surface water pollution 8 Localised utilities 7 Micro-organisms 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Major linear utilities 5 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 5 Flooding 5 Storms 5 Non-renewable energy facilities 4 Other climate change impacts 4 Relative humidity 3 Wind 3 War 3 Low impact research / monitoring activities 3 Pollution of marine waters 2 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Water (extraction) 1 Temperature 1 Temperature change 1 Fire (widlfires) 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.