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 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 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 169 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 95 Illegal activities 80 Mining 77 Ground transport infrastructure 69 Surface water pollution 67 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 52 Water infrastructure 52 Oil and gas 46 Major linear utilities 45 Legal framework 45 Forestry /wood production 41 Housing 39 Renewable energy facilities 25 Water (extraction) 24 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 24 Invasive / alien freshwater species 22 Storms 19 Fire (widlfires) 18 Financial resources 18 Ground water pollution 16 Air pollution 13 Crop production 13 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 11 Marine transport infrastructure 11 Land conversion 11 Human resources 11 Non-renewable energy facilities 10 Pollution of marine waters 10 Water (rain/water table) 9 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 8 Quarrying 8 Commercial development 7 Industrial areas 7 Commercial hunting 7 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Other climate change impacts 7 Interpretative and visitation facilities 6 Input of excess energy 6 Localised utilities 5 Governance 5 Temperature change 4 Management activities 4 Solid waste 3 Subsistence hunting 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 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.