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
Australia Bangladesh China India Indonesia Japan Kiribati Malaysia Nepal New Zealand Philippines Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Thailand Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 96 Illegal activities 70 Ground transport infrastructure 41 Mining 38 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 37 Financial resources 36 Land conversion 33 Civil unrest 33 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 31 Water infrastructure 29 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 26 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 24 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 22 Water (extraction) 16 Human resources 16 Housing 15 Marine transport infrastructure 14 Crop production 11 Governance 10 Fire (widlfires) 9 Forestry /wood production 7 Oil and gas 7 Storms 7 Temperature change 7 Invasive / alien freshwater species 7 Major linear utilities 6 Other climate change impacts 6 Legal framework 6 Industrial areas 5 Air transport infrastructure 5 Surface water pollution 5 Ground water pollution 4 Commercial hunting 4 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 4 Changes to oceanic waters 4 Flooding 4 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Drought 3 Solid waste 2 Commercial development 1 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Air pollution 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Earthquake 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 1 Invasive / alien marine species 1 High impact research / monitoring activities 1 Management activities 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.