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 194 Housing 93 Management activities 77 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 64 Legal framework 52 Ground transport infrastructure 49 Water (rain/water table) 30 Illegal activities 30 Human resources 30 Financial resources 28 Deliberate destruction of heritage 23 Commercial development 22 Interpretative and visitation facilities 18 Relative humidity 18 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 17 Land conversion 17 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 16 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 15 Civil unrest 10 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 8 Earthquake 8 Air pollution 7 Storms 7 Major linear utilities 6 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 6 Flooding 6 Localised utilities 5 Society's valuing of heritage 5 Avalanche/ landslide 5 Quarrying 4 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 4 Water infrastructure 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Wind 2 Tsunami/tidal wave 2 Industrial areas 1 Air transport infrastructure 1 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Underground transport infrastructure 1 Input of excess energy 1 Solid waste 1 Mining 1 Temperature 1 Terrorism 1 Fire (widlfires) 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.