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 290 Housing 251 Ground transport infrastructure 79 Management activities 72 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 69 Legal framework 58 Deliberate destruction of heritage 34 Interpretative and visitation facilities 33 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 30 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 27 Earthquake 24 Financial resources 24 Solid waste 22 Relative humidity 20 Water (rain/water table) 20 Commercial development 18 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 18 Illegal activities 17 Storms 15 Underground transport infrastructure 14 Marine transport infrastructure 13 Human resources 11 Water infrastructure 10 Micro-organisms 10 Oil and gas 8 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 8 Localised utilities 7 Surface water pollution 7 Land conversion 7 Civil unrest 7 High impact research / monitoring activities 7 Major linear utilities 6 Renewable energy facilities 6 Input of excess energy 6 Quarrying 6 Governance 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Air pollution 5 Mining 5 Temperature 5 Wind 5 Flooding 5 War 4 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 3 Radiation/light 3 Terrorism 3 Non-renewable energy facilities 2 Pollution of marine waters 2 Society's valuing of heritage 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 1 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.