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) Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Serbia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland Türkiye Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of AmericaThreats
Management systems/ management plan 345 Housing 291 Ground transport infrastructure 95 Management activities 94 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 83 Legal framework 81 Interpretative and visitation facilities 42 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 38 Deliberate destruction of heritage 37 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 36 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 27 Financial resources 26 Commercial development 25 Solid waste 25 Earthquake 25 Marine transport infrastructure 20 Relative humidity 20 Water (rain/water table) 20 Illegal activities 19 Underground transport infrastructure 17 Storms 16 Water infrastructure 15 Land conversion 13 Civil unrest 13 Human resources 13 Micro-organisms 11 Oil and gas 10 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 10 High impact research / monitoring activities 10 Renewable energy facilities 9 Localised utilities 8 Input of excess energy 8 Surface water pollution 8 Mining 8 Governance 8 Quarrying 7 Air transport infrastructure 6 Major linear utilities 6 Air pollution 5 Temperature 5 Wind 5 Flooding 5 Society's valuing of heritage 4 War 4 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 3 Radiation/light 3 Terrorism 3 Non-renewable energy facilities 2 Pollution of marine waters 2 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Water (extraction) 1 Pests 1 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 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.