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 172 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 97 Illegal activities 83 Mining 78 Ground transport infrastructure 70 Surface water pollution 68 Water infrastructure 54 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 53 Major linear utilities 47 Legal framework 47 Oil and gas 46 Forestry /wood production 42 Housing 40 Renewable energy facilities 27 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 25 Water (extraction) 24 Invasive / alien freshwater species 22 Fire (widlfires) 20 Storms 19 Financial resources 19 Ground water pollution 16 Air pollution 13 Crop production 13 Marine transport infrastructure 12 Land conversion 12 Human resources 12 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 11 Non-renewable energy facilities 11 Pollution of marine waters 10 Water (rain/water table) 9 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 8 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 8 Quarrying 8 Other climate change impacts 8 Commercial development 7 Industrial areas 7 Commercial hunting 7 Interpretative and visitation facilities 6 Input of excess energy 6 Governance 6 Localised utilities 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.