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 Democratic People's Republic of Korea Fiji India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Malaysia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Sri Lanka Thailand Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 309 Housing 163 Management activities 102 Ground transport infrastructure 83 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 80 Legal framework 69 Illegal activities 60 Human resources 45 Financial resources 42 Deliberate destruction of heritage 35 Interpretative and visitation facilities 32 Commercial development 31 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 31 Water (rain/water table) 31 Civil unrest 26 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 24 Land conversion 23 Relative humidity 20 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 20 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 16 Earthquake 13 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 11 Society's valuing of heritage 11 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 11 Air pollution 10 Flooding 9 Marine transport infrastructure 8 Underground transport infrastructure 8 Localised utilities 7 Storms 7 Air transport infrastructure 6 Major linear utilities 6 Solid waste 6 High impact research / monitoring activities 6 Industrial areas 5 Water infrastructure 5 Quarrying 5 Avalanche/ landslide 5 Other climate change impacts 4 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 4 Mining 3 Wind 2 Tsunami/tidal wave 2 Governance 2 Input of excess energy 1 Surface water pollution 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.