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 85 Illegal activities 64 Ground transport infrastructure 36 Mining 33 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 32 Financial resources 32 Civil unrest 31 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 30 Land conversion 29 Water infrastructure 24 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 22 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 21 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 17 Water (extraction) 15 Human resources 15 Housing 13 Marine transport infrastructure 12 Crop production 10 Fire (widlfires) 9 Governance 8 Oil and gas 7 Major linear utilities 6 Invasive / alien freshwater species 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Temperature change 5 Legal framework 5 Industrial areas 4 Flooding 4 Storms 4 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3 Surface water pollution 3 Drought 3 Other climate change impacts 3 Ground water pollution 2 Solid waste 2 Commercial hunting 2 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 2 Commercial development 1 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Non-renewable energy facilities 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Changes to oceanic waters 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.