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 492 Housing 328 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 170 Ground transport infrastructure 154 Legal framework 107 Management activities 92 Surface water pollution 85 Illegal activities 82 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 76 Mining 72 Water infrastructure 65 Oil and gas 51 Interpretative and visitation facilities 45 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 44 Forestry /wood production 44 Major linear utilities 39 Financial resources 37 Deliberate destruction of heritage 36 Storms 35 Renewable energy facilities 31 Marine transport infrastructure 28 Commercial development 27 Earthquake 27 Solid waste 26 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 26 Water (extraction) 25 Water (rain/water table) 25 Land conversion 22 Localised utilities 20 Relative humidity 20 Crop production 19 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 19 Invasive / alien freshwater species 19 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 17 Human resources 17 Underground transport infrastructure 15 Quarrying 15 Industrial areas 14 Air pollution 14 Ground water pollution 14 Pollution of marine waters 14 Input of excess energy 13 Fire (widlfires) 13 Micro-organisms 11 Civil unrest 11 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 9 War 9 High impact research / monitoring activities 9 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 8 Air transport infrastructure 7 Non-renewable energy facilities 7 Governance 7 Temperature 5 Wind 5 Flooding 5 Temperature change 5 Subsistence hunting 3 Radiation/light 3 Society's valuing of heritage 3 Terrorism 3 Commercial hunting 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 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.