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 361 Housing 298 Ground transport infrastructure 100 Management activities 98 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 87 Legal framework 87 Interpretative and visitation facilities 45 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 40 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 39 Deliberate destruction of heritage 37 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 29 Commercial development 27 Earthquake 26 Financial resources 26 Solid waste 25 Marine transport infrastructure 22 Relative humidity 20 Water (rain/water table) 20 Underground transport infrastructure 19 Illegal activities 19 Land conversion 16 Storms 16 Water infrastructure 15 Civil unrest 14 Human resources 13 Oil and gas 11 Micro-organisms 11 High impact research / monitoring activities 11 Renewable energy facilities 10 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 10 Governance 10 Localised utilities 9 Surface water pollution 9 Input of excess energy 8 Mining 8 Quarrying 8 Air transport infrastructure 7 Major linear utilities 6 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Air pollution 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 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Water (extraction) 1 Pests 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.
