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 Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Thailand Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 65 Illegal activities 43 Ground transport infrastructure 23 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 23 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 23 Land conversion 20 Civil unrest 20 Mining 19 Financial resources 15 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 11 Marine transport infrastructure 11 Water infrastructure 10 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 10 Water (extraction) 10 Fire (widlfires) 9 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 9 Major linear utilities 6 Human resources 6 Oil and gas 5 Housing 4 Flooding 4 Legal framework 4 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3 Crop production 3 Forestry /wood production 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Solid waste 2 Surface water pollution 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Governance 2 Commercial development 1 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Ground 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 Drought 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 1 Management activities 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.