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 Cambodia China India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Japan Lao People's Democratic Republic Nepal New Zealand Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Sri Lanka Thailand Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 110 Management activities 43 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 41 Ground transport infrastructure 32 Housing 31 Illegal activities 30 Land conversion 24 Legal framework 20 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 18 Mining 17 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 13 Civil unrest 12 Human resources 12 Water infrastructure 11 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 11 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 10 Forestry /wood production 10 Relative humidity 9 Water (extraction) 8 Water (rain/water table) 8 Flooding 8 Financial resources 8 Interpretative and visitation facilities 7 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 7 Deliberate destruction of heritage 7 Storms 7 Fire (widlfires) 7 Marine transport infrastructure 6 Air pollution 6 Major linear utilities 5 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 5 Localised utilities 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Solid waste 3 Oil and gas 3 Quarrying 3 Society's valuing of heritage 3 Ground water pollution 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Crop production 1 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Terrorism 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 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.