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 Malaysia Nepal Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Sri Lanka Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 241 Housing 126 Management activities 87 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 69 Ground transport infrastructure 64 Legal framework 58 Illegal activities 41 Financial resources 36 Human resources 36 Water (rain/water table) 31 Deliberate destruction of heritage 30 Commercial development 26 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 26 Interpretative and visitation facilities 23 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 22 Land conversion 20 Relative humidity 20 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 16 Civil unrest 16 Earthquake 11 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 9 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 9 Air pollution 8 Society's valuing of heritage 8 Storms 7 Localised utilities 6 Major linear utilities 6 Flooding 6 Water infrastructure 5 Avalanche/ landslide 5 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 5 Marine transport infrastructure 4 Quarrying 4 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 4 Underground transport infrastructure 3 Solid waste 3 High impact research / monitoring activities 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Wind 2 Tsunami/tidal wave 2 Industrial areas 1 Input of excess energy 1 Mining 1 Temperature 1 Terrorism 1 Fire (widlfires) 1 Volcanic eruption 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.