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
Afghanistan Australia Bangladesh Cambodia China Democratic People's Republic of Korea Fiji India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Japan Kazakhstan Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Malaysia Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Myanmar Nepal New Zealand Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Thailand Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 617 Housing 267 Ground transport infrastructure 216 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 208 Illegal activities 197 Management activities 146 Legal framework 111 Financial resources 107 Human resources 95 Land conversion 89 Mining 87 Water infrastructure 74 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 68 Civil unrest 65 Commercial development 60 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 54 Interpretative and visitation facilities 53 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 45 Deliberate destruction of heritage 45 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 43 Forestry /wood production 38 Other climate change impacts 38 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 36 Water (rain/water table) 36 Marine transport infrastructure 35 Storms 35 Governance 33 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 30 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 29 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 26 Underground transport infrastructure 25 Earthquake 25 Air pollution 23 Society's valuing of heritage 23 Air transport infrastructure 22 Changes to oceanic waters 22 Surface water pollution 20 Relative humidity 20 Industrial areas 19 Solid waste 19 Crop production 18 Water (extraction) 17 Flooding 17 Non-renewable energy facilities 15 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 14 Ground water pollution 13 Commercial hunting 13 Temperature change 13 Fire (widlfires) 13 Invasive / alien freshwater species 12 High impact research / monitoring activities 10 Localised utilities 9 Major linear utilities 9 Quarrying 8 Renewable energy facilities 7 Oil and gas 7 Pollution of marine waters 5 Military training 5 Volcanic eruption 5 Input of excess energy 4 Aquaculture 4 Subsistence wild plant collection 4 Pests 4 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 4 Hyper-abundant species 4 Drought 3 Tsunami/tidal wave 3 Wind 2 Low impact research / monitoring activities 2 Temperature 1 Terrorism 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Invasive / alien marine 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.