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 Lithuania Malta Montenegro Netherlands (Kingdom of the) North Macedonia 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 359 Housing 201 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 127 Legal framework 121 Ground transport infrastructure 114 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 90 Management activities 69 Illegal activities 62 Mining 56 Water infrastructure 49 Oil and gas 38 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 37 Interpretative and visitation facilities 34 Surface water pollution 34 Land conversion 34 Marine transport infrastructure 30 Commercial development 27 Renewable energy facilities 26 Major linear utilities 25 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 23 Governance 23 Underground transport infrastructure 19 Solid waste 18 Civil unrest 18 Forestry /wood production 17 Storms 17 Financial resources 16 Human resources 16 Water (extraction) 15 Water (rain/water table) 15 Fire (widlfires) 15 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 14 Deliberate destruction of heritage 14 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 14 Non-renewable energy facilities 13 Society's valuing of heritage 13 Invasive / alien freshwater species 12 Other climate change impacts 11 Input of excess energy 10 Ground water pollution 9 Quarrying 9 Earthquake 9 High impact research / monitoring activities 9 Localised utilities 7 Pollution of marine waters 7 Air pollution 6 Commercial hunting 6 Crop production 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 5 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 5 Micro-organisms 4 Relative humidity 3 War 3 Flooding 3 Low impact research / monitoring activities 3 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Subsistence hunting 1 Wind 1 Temperature change 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.