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 Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada Croatia Czechia Denmark France Germany Hungary Italy Montenegro North Macedonia Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Slovakia Slovenia Spain Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of AmericaThreats
Management systems/ management plan 155 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 89 Surface water pollution 83 Mining 74 Illegal activities 73 Ground transport infrastructure 67 Water infrastructure 61 Housing 48 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 46 Oil and gas 45 Forestry /wood production 44 Legal framework 41 Major linear utilities 39 Water (extraction) 28 Renewable energy facilities 24 Storms 22 Invasive / alien freshwater species 22 Crop production 20 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 20 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 15 Industrial areas 14 Ground water pollution 14 Fire (widlfires) 14 Financial resources 14 Pollution of marine waters 13 Localised utilities 12 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 11 Land conversion 11 Marine transport infrastructure 10 Air pollution 10 Quarrying 8 Non-renewable energy facilities 7 Water (rain/water table) 7 Human resources 7 Interpretative and visitation facilities 6 Input of excess energy 6 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 6 Commercial development 5 Commercial hunting 5 War 5 Other climate change impacts 4 Temperature change 4 Management activities 4 Solid waste 3 Subsistence hunting 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Governance 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.