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 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada Croatia Czechia Denmark France Georgia Germany 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 272 Housing 140 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 105 Legal framework 105 Ground transport infrastructure 91 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 70 Illegal activities 49 Management activities 47 Water infrastructure 46 Mining 46 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 30 Oil and gas 30 Interpretative and visitation facilities 28 Land conversion 27 Marine transport infrastructure 26 Commercial development 24 Surface water pollution 23 Governance 23 Major linear utilities 22 Renewable energy facilities 20 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 17 Civil unrest 15 Forestry /wood production 14 Water (extraction) 14 Human resources 14 Underground transport infrastructure 13 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 13 Society's valuing of heritage 13 Fire (widlfires) 13 Financial resources 13 Non-renewable energy facilities 12 Water (rain/water table) 12 Solid waste 11 Storms 11 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 11 Other climate change impacts 10 Invasive / alien freshwater species 10 High impact research / monitoring activities 9 Deliberate destruction of heritage 8 Quarrying 7 Localised utilities 6 Ground water pollution 6 Input of excess energy 6 Commercial hunting 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 5 Air pollution 4 Pollution of marine waters 4 Crop production 4 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 3 War 3 Low impact research / monitoring activities 3 Micro-organisms 2 Flooding 2 Earthquake 2 Subsistence hunting 1 Avalanche/ landslide 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.