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 408 Housing 325 Ground transport infrastructure 115 Legal framework 110 Management activities 104 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 103 Interpretative and visitation facilities 55 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 49 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 46 Deliberate destruction of heritage 39 Commercial development 32 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 32 Marine transport infrastructure 28 Financial resources 28 Solid waste 27 Earthquake 26 Water (rain/water table) 23 Underground transport infrastructure 22 Land conversion 21 Illegal activities 21 Water infrastructure 20 Relative humidity 20 Civil unrest 18 Governance 17 Storms 16 Human resources 15 High impact research / monitoring activities 14 Renewable energy facilities 12 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 12 Society's valuing of heritage 12 Mining 11 Oil and gas 11 Micro-organisms 11 Input of excess energy 10 Quarrying 10 Air transport infrastructure 9 Localised utilities 9 Surface water pollution 9 Major linear utilities 7 Air pollution 5 Temperature 5 Wind 5 Flooding 5 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 4 War 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 3 Radiation/light 3 Terrorism 3 Pollution of marine waters 2 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Water (extraction) 1 Pests 1 Temperature change 1 Fire (widlfires) 1 Hyper-abundant species 1 Low impact research / monitoring activities 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.
