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 Andorra Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Holy See Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Montenegro Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 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 470 Housing 318 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 159 Ground transport infrastructure 145 Legal framework 98 Management activities 87 Surface water pollution 82 Illegal activities 77 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 68 Mining 68 Water infrastructure 62 Oil and gas 47 Interpretative and visitation facilities 43 Forestry /wood production 43 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 42 Major linear utilities 38 Deliberate destruction of heritage 36 Financial resources 36 Storms 34 Renewable energy facilities 29 Earthquake 27 Solid waste 26 Commercial development 25 Water (rain/water table) 25 Marine transport infrastructure 24 Water (extraction) 24 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 23 Relative humidity 20 Localised utilities 19 Crop production 19 Land conversion 19 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 19 Invasive / alien freshwater species 18 Human resources 16 Underground transport infrastructure 15 Quarrying 15 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 15 Industrial areas 14 Air pollution 14 Pollution of marine waters 14 Ground water pollution 13 Input of excess energy 13 Fire (widlfires) 12 Micro-organisms 11 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 9 Civil unrest 9 War 9 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 8 Air transport infrastructure 7 Non-renewable energy facilities 7 High impact research / monitoring activities 7 Governance 6 Temperature 5 Wind 5 Flooding 5 Temperature change 5 Subsistence hunting 3 Radiation/light 3 Terrorism 3 Commercial hunting 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Society's valuing of heritage 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Pests 1 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Hyper-abundant species 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.