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
Australia Bangladesh China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Nepal New Zealand Philippines Sri Lanka Thailand Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 44 Illegal activities 26 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 18 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 17 Land conversion 16 Ground transport infrastructure 14 Civil unrest 13 Mining 12 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 10 Water (extraction) 9 Marine transport infrastructure 8 Fire (widlfires) 8 Water infrastructure 7 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 7 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 5 Financial resources 5 Major linear utilities 4 Oil and gas 4 Flooding 4 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3 Solid waste 2 Crop production 2 Forestry /wood production 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Ground water pollution 1 Surface water pollution 1 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Legal framework 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.