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) Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Sri Lanka Thailand Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 433 Housing 247 Management activities 143 Ground transport infrastructure 127 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 119 Legal framework 97 Illegal activities 82 Human resources 62 Commercial development 56 Financial resources 54 Interpretative and visitation facilities 49 Deliberate destruction of heritage 44 Land conversion 39 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 37 Water (rain/water table) 37 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 35 Civil unrest 33 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 30 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 27 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 26 Underground transport infrastructure 25 Earthquake 24 Relative humidity 20 Society's valuing of heritage 18 Marine transport infrastructure 15 Air pollution 15 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 15 Air transport infrastructure 13 Flooding 13 Industrial areas 11 Water infrastructure 11 Solid waste 11 Other climate change impacts 11 Localised utilities 9 Governance 9 High impact research / monitoring activities 9 Mining 7 Storms 7 Major linear utilities 6 Quarrying 5 Avalanche/ landslide 5 Pests 4 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 4 Surface water pollution 3 Water (extraction) 3 Forestry /wood production 2 Wind 2 Tsunami/tidal wave 2 Low impact research / monitoring activities 2 Input of excess energy 1 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 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.
