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 Kiribati Malaysia Nepal New Zealand Philippines Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Thailand Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 102 Illegal activities 77 Ground transport infrastructure 45 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 42 Mining 41 Financial resources 38 Land conversion 36 Civil unrest 34 Water infrastructure 32 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 31 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 27 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 25 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 24 Human resources 18 Water (extraction) 17 Housing 16 Marine transport infrastructure 15 Crop production 12 Governance 11 Storms 10 Fire (widlfires) 9 Forestry /wood production 8 Other climate change impacts 8 Temperature change 8 Invasive / alien freshwater species 8 Oil and gas 7 Legal framework 7 Major linear utilities 6 Surface water pollution 6 Changes to oceanic waters 6 Industrial areas 5 Air transport infrastructure 5 Non-renewable energy facilities 5 Ground water pollution 5 Commercial hunting 5 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 5 Flooding 4 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3 Drought 3 Air pollution 2 Solid waste 2 Commercial development 1 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Renewable energy facilities 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.