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 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada Croatia Cyprus Czechia Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Holy See Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Montenegro 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 184 Housing 145 Ground transport infrastructure 52 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 51 Legal framework 38 Management activities 37 Deliberate destruction of heritage 23 Interpretative and visitation facilities 22 Financial resources 20 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 17 Relative humidity 17 Water (rain/water table) 17 Earthquake 17 Solid waste 12 Storms 12 Commercial development 11 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 11 Marine transport infrastructure 11 Illegal activities 10 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 10 Human resources 8 High impact research / monitoring activities 7 Underground transport infrastructure 6 Water infrastructure 6 Micro-organisms 6 Governance 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Localised utilities 5 Major linear utilities 5 Air pollution 5 Oil and gas 5 Quarrying 5 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 5 Surface water pollution 4 Temperature 4 War 4 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 3 Mining 3 Radiation/light 3 Wind 3 Terrorism 3 Flooding 3 Input of excess energy 2 Pollution of marine waters 2 Society's valuing of heritage 2 Civil unrest 2 Non-renewable energy facilities 1 Renewable energy facilities 1 Land conversion 1 Pests 1 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 1 Temperature change 1 Fire (widlfires) 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.