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 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 331 Housing 181 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 120 Legal framework 115 Ground transport infrastructure 106 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 81 Management activities 62 Illegal activities 58 Mining 52 Water infrastructure 49 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 35 Oil and gas 35 Interpretative and visitation facilities 33 Land conversion 32 Surface water pollution 30 Marine transport infrastructure 28 Commercial development 27 Major linear utilities 25 Renewable energy facilities 23 Governance 23 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 21 Underground transport infrastructure 17 Civil unrest 17 Solid waste 16 Storms 16 Human resources 16 Forestry /wood production 15 Water (rain/water table) 15 Financial resources 15 Water (extraction) 14 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 14 Fire (widlfires) 14 Non-renewable energy facilities 13 Society's valuing of heritage 13 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 12 Other climate change impacts 11 Invasive / alien freshwater species 11 Deliberate destruction of heritage 10 Earthquake 9 High impact research / monitoring activities 9 Ground water pollution 8 Input of excess energy 8 Quarrying 8 Localised utilities 7 Pollution of marine waters 6 Commercial hunting 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Air pollution 5 Crop production 5 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 5 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 5 Micro-organisms 3 War 3 Flooding 3 Low impact research / monitoring activities 3 Relative humidity 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Subsistence hunting 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.