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 446 Housing 346 Ground transport infrastructure 129 Legal framework 123 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 112 Management activities 108 Interpretative and visitation facilities 60 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 55 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 55 Deliberate destruction of heritage 41 Commercial development 35 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 33 Marine transport infrastructure 31 Financial resources 28 Solid waste 27 Land conversion 25 Underground transport infrastructure 24 Illegal activities 24 Earthquake 23 Governance 23 Water infrastructure 21 Civil unrest 20 Water (rain/water table) 19 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 16 High impact research / monitoring activities 16 Renewable energy facilities 15 Society's valuing of heritage 15 Human resources 15 Relative humidity 14 Storms 14 Mining 13 Quarrying 13 Input of excess energy 11 Oil and gas 11 Air transport infrastructure 10 Localised utilities 9 Surface water pollution 9 Micro-organisms 8 Major linear utilities 7 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 6 Flooding 6 Air pollution 5 Wind 5 Non-renewable energy facilities 4 Temperature 4 War 4 Other climate change impacts 4 Terrorism 3 Pollution of marine waters 2 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 2 Radiation/light 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.
