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 Malta Montenegro Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Serbia Slovakia Spain Switzerland Türkiye Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of AmericaThreats
Management systems/ management plan 367 Housing 312 Ground transport infrastructure 111 Legal framework 100 Management activities 96 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 92 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 52 Interpretative and visitation facilities 51 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 42 Deliberate destruction of heritage 36 Commercial development 30 Marine transport infrastructure 26 Solid waste 25 Land conversion 25 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 25 Illegal activities 24 Underground transport infrastructure 23 Civil unrest 21 Water infrastructure 19 Governance 17 Earthquake 16 Renewable energy facilities 15 Society's valuing of heritage 15 Financial resources 14 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 13 Input of excess energy 11 Mining 11 High impact research / monitoring activities 11 Oil and gas 9 Quarrying 9 Water (rain/water table) 9 Surface water pollution 8 Human resources 8 Localised utilities 6 Micro-organisms 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Major linear utilities 5 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 5 Flooding 5 Storms 5 Non-renewable energy facilities 4 Other climate change impacts 4 Relative humidity 3 Wind 3 War 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 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.