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 408 Housing 237 Ground transport infrastructure 125 Management activities 125 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 110 Legal framework 88 Illegal activities 79 Commercial development 57 Human resources 55 Financial resources 52 Interpretative and visitation facilities 47 Deliberate destruction of heritage 40 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 34 Land conversion 34 Civil unrest 34 Water (rain/water table) 33 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 32 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 29 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 27 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 26 Underground transport infrastructure 25 Earthquake 24 Society's valuing of heritage 18 Relative humidity 16 Marine transport infrastructure 15 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 15 Air transport infrastructure 14 Water infrastructure 13 Industrial areas 11 Solid waste 11 Flooding 11 Other climate change impacts 11 Air pollution 10 Governance 10 High impact research / monitoring activities 9 Localised utilities 8 Mining 7 Major linear utilities 6 Storms 5 Quarrying 4 Pests 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 Avalanche/ landslide 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.
