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 Croatia Czechia Denmark Estonia France Georgia Germany Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Malta Montenegro Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 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 288 Housing 225 Legal framework 88 Ground transport infrastructure 85 Management activities 78 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 68 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 46 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 40 Interpretative and visitation facilities 39 Commercial development 27 Land conversion 24 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 24 Deliberate destruction of heritage 22 Marine transport infrastructure 20 Underground transport infrastructure 19 Civil unrest 19 Solid waste 18 Governance 17 Water infrastructure 16 Renewable energy facilities 15 Illegal activities 15 Society's valuing of heritage 13 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 11 Input of excess energy 10 Mining 10 Earthquake 10 Financial resources 9 High impact research / monitoring activities 9 Quarrying 8 Water (rain/water table) 8 Oil and gas 7 Human resources 7 Surface water pollution 6 Micro-organisms 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 5 Localised utilities 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 4 Other climate change impacts 4 Storms 4 Relative humidity 3 Flooding 3 Major linear utilities 2 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Wind 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Water (extraction) 1 Temperature 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.