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 Czechia Denmark Estonia France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Malta Montenegro Netherlands (Kingdom of the) North Macedonia Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Switzerland Türkiye Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of AmericaThreats
Management systems/ management plan 311 Housing 206 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 104 Ground transport infrastructure 102 Legal framework 90 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 76 Management activities 69 Illegal activities 53 Mining 41 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 36 Oil and gas 36 Water infrastructure 33 Surface water pollution 33 Interpretative and visitation facilities 29 Land conversion 28 Marine transport infrastructure 24 Commercial development 23 Major linear utilities 22 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 20 Deliberate destruction of heritage 19 Renewable energy facilities 18 Solid waste 17 Forestry /wood production 16 Underground transport infrastructure 15 Civil unrest 15 Storms 15 Water (extraction) 13 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 13 Earthquake 12 Input of excess energy 11 Financial resources 11 Fire (widlfires) 10 Invasive / alien freshwater species 10 Human resources 10 Non-renewable energy facilities 9 Ground water pollution 9 Water (rain/water table) 9 Localised utilities 8 Pollution of marine waters 7 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 7 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Governance 7 Crop production 6 Micro-organisms 6 Quarrying 5 Other climate change impacts 5 High impact research / monitoring activities 5 Air transport infrastructure 4 Air pollution 4 Commercial hunting 4 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4 Relative humidity 3 Temperature change 3 Subsistence hunting 2 Wind 2 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 2 Flooding 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Temperature 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.