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 Bulgaria Canada Croatia Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Holy See Hungary Italy Lithuania Malta Montenegro North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Türkiye Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of AmericaThreats
Management systems/ management plan 100 Housing 50 Surface water pollution 39 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 34 Legal framework 34 Water infrastructure 29 Ground transport infrastructure 24 Mining 21 Storms 20 Forestry /wood production 19 Relative humidity 17 Water (rain/water table) 15 Financial resources 15 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 14 Management activities 13 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 12 Oil and gas 12 Industrial areas 10 Localised utilities 10 Crop production 10 Water (extraction) 10 Illegal activities 10 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 10 War 9 Earthquake 9 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 7 Renewable energy facilities 7 Human resources 7 Invasive / alien freshwater species 6 Governance 6 Interpretative and visitation facilities 5 Air transport infrastructure 5 Air pollution 5 Solid waste 5 Micro-organisms 5 Major linear utilities 4 Temperature 4 Commercial development 3 Marine transport infrastructure 3 Pollution of marine waters 3 Quarrying 3 Radiation/light 3 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 3 Terrorism 3 High impact research / monitoring activities 3 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Wind 2 Deliberate destruction of heritage 2 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 2 Underground transport infrastructure 1 Ground water pollution 1 Pests 1 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 1 Flooding 1 Fire (widlfires) 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.