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 80 Illegal activities 59 Ground transport infrastructure 33 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 31 Mining 30 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 29 Civil unrest 29 Land conversion 27 Financial resources 27 Water infrastructure 21 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 20 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 19 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 16 Water (extraction) 14 Human resources 13 Housing 11 Marine transport infrastructure 11 Crop production 9 Fire (widlfires) 9 Governance 7 Major linear utilities 6 Oil and gas 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Invasive / alien freshwater species 5 Legal framework 5 Flooding 4 Temperature change 4 Industrial areas 3 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3 Drought 3 Solid waste 2 Surface water pollution 2 Commercial hunting 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Storms 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 Earthquake 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 1 Invasive / alien marine species 1 High impact research / monitoring activities 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.