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 Luxembourg 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 114 Housing 57 Surface water pollution 42 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 41 Legal framework 35 Ground transport infrastructure 32 Water infrastructure 32 Mining 25 Forestry /wood production 23 Storms 21 Financial resources 18 Relative humidity 17 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 16 Oil and gas 16 Water (rain/water table) 16 Management activities 14 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 13 Illegal activities 13 Water (extraction) 12 Industrial areas 11 Crop production 11 Localised utilities 10 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 10 Interpretative and visitation facilities 9 Renewable energy facilities 9 War 9 Earthquake 9 Human resources 8 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 7 Major linear utilities 7 Invasive / alien freshwater species 7 Air pollution 6 Governance 6 Commercial development 5 Air transport infrastructure 5 Marine transport infrastructure 5 Solid waste 5 Micro-organisms 5 Quarrying 4 Temperature 4 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 High impact research / monitoring activities 4 Pollution of marine waters 3 Radiation/light 3 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 3 Terrorism 3 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Wind 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 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 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.