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 Bangladesh Cambodia China India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Japan Lao People's Democratic Republic Nepal Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Sri Lanka Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 180 Housing 81 Management activities 74 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 60 Legal framework 49 Ground transport infrastructure 44 Water (rain/water table) 29 Illegal activities 27 Human resources 27 Financial resources 25 Commercial development 21 Deliberate destruction of heritage 20 Relative humidity 17 Interpretative and visitation facilities 16 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 16 Land conversion 16 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 16 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 14 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 8 Civil unrest 8 Earthquake 8 Air pollution 7 Storms 7 Major linear utilities 6 Flooding 6 Localised utilities 5 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 5 Avalanche/ landslide 5 Quarrying 4 Society's valuing of heritage 4 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 4 Water infrastructure 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Wind 2 Industrial areas 1 Air transport infrastructure 1 Input of excess energy 1 Solid waste 1 Mining 1 Temperature 1 Terrorism 1 Fire (widlfires) 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 1 High impact research / monitoring 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.