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 France Georgia Germany Greece 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 428 Housing 344 Ground transport infrastructure 125 Legal framework 112 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 105 Management activities 103 Interpretative and visitation facilities 59 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 55 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 49 Deliberate destruction of heritage 39 Commercial development 35 Marine transport infrastructure 31 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 28 Underground transport infrastructure 26 Solid waste 26 Land conversion 26 Illegal activities 24 Water infrastructure 22 Financial resources 22 Civil unrest 21 Earthquake 21 Governance 18 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 Water (rain/water table) 13 Mining 12 Storms 12 Input of excess energy 11 Oil and gas 11 Quarrying 11 Localised utilities 9 Surface water pollution 9 Human resources 9 Major linear utilities 7 Air transport infrastructure 6 Micro-organisms 6 Relative humidity 6 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 5 Flooding 5 Non-renewable energy facilities 4 Other climate change impacts 4 Wind 3 War 3 Low impact research / monitoring activities 3 Pollution of marine waters 2 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Water (extraction) 1 Temperature 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.
