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 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania 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 547 Housing 350 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 192 Ground transport infrastructure 180 Legal framework 145 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 113 Management activities 100 Illegal activities 98 Mining 73 Water infrastructure 64 Surface water pollution 55 Interpretative and visitation facilities 54 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 54 Oil and gas 48 Major linear utilities 45 Marine transport infrastructure 39 Land conversion 38 Commercial development 36 Deliberate destruction of heritage 36 Renewable energy facilities 35 Forestry /wood production 30 Solid waste 28 Financial resources 26 Underground transport infrastructure 25 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 25 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 23 Governance 23 Civil unrest 21 Fire (widlfires) 21 Storms 20 Human resources 19 Water (extraction) 18 Water (rain/water table) 18 Earthquake 18 Input of excess energy 17 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 17 Invasive / alien freshwater species 17 Non-renewable energy facilities 15 Ground water pollution 15 Quarrying 15 Society's valuing of heritage 15 Localised utilities 12 Pollution of marine waters 12 Other climate change impacts 12 Air pollution 11 High impact research / monitoring activities 11 Crop production 8 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 8 Commercial hunting 7 Air transport infrastructure 6 Micro-organisms 6 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 5 Flooding 5 Temperature change 5 Subsistence hunting 3 Relative humidity 3 Wind 3 War 3 Low impact research / monitoring activities 3 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Industrial areas 1 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 1 Temperature 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.