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 Micronesia (Federated States of) Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Sri Lanka Thailand Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 342 Housing 186 Management activities 113 Ground transport infrastructure 96 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 92 Legal framework 78 Illegal activities 66 Human resources 51 Financial resources 47 Commercial development 38 Deliberate destruction of heritage 38 Interpretative and visitation facilities 37 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 33 Water (rain/water table) 33 Civil unrest 30 Land conversion 27 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 25 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 22 Relative humidity 20 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 19 Earthquake 16 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 16 Society's valuing of heritage 14 Underground transport infrastructure 13 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 12 Air pollution 11 Marine transport infrastructure 10 Flooding 10 Localised utilities 9 Air transport infrastructure 8 Solid waste 7 Storms 7 Industrial areas 6 Major linear utilities 6 High impact research / monitoring activities 6 Water infrastructure 5 Quarrying 5 Other climate change impacts 5 Avalanche/ landslide 5 Mining 4 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 4 Governance 3 Surface water pollution 2 Wind 2 Tsunami/tidal wave 2 Input of excess energy 1 Forestry /wood production 1 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 1 Water (extraction) 1 Pests 1 Temperature 1 Military training 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.
