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 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 116 Housing 52 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 42 Legal framework 42 Ground transport infrastructure 37 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 26 Illegal activities 20 Mining 19 Water infrastructure 18 Governance 16 Interpretative and visitation facilities 11 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 11 Management activities 11 Renewable energy facilities 10 Commercial development 9 Major linear utilities 9 Land conversion 9 Marine transport infrastructure 8 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 8 Surface water pollution 7 Oil and gas 7 Water (rain/water table) 7 Other climate change impacts 7 Underground transport infrastructure 6 Non-renewable energy facilities 6 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Fire (widlfires) 6 Financial resources 6 Human resources 6 Forestry /wood production 5 Quarrying 5 Civil unrest 5 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 5 Solid waste 4 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 4 High impact research / monitoring activities 4 Air pollution 3 Water (extraction) 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Deliberate destruction of heritage 3 War 3 Storms 3 Invasive / alien freshwater species 3 Low impact research / monitoring activities 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Ground water pollution 2 Input of excess energy 2 Commercial hunting 2 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Localised utilities 1 Flooding 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.