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 115 Illegal activities 88 Ground transport infrastructure 53 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 48 Mining 45 Land conversion 41 Financial resources 41 Water infrastructure 39 Civil unrest 35 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 31 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 30 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 27 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 26 Human resources 19 Water (extraction) 18 Housing 16 Marine transport infrastructure 16 Storms 14 Crop production 13 Governance 13 Forestry /wood production 10 Other climate change impacts 10 Changes to oceanic waters 9 Temperature change 9 Fire (widlfires) 9 Invasive / alien freshwater species 9 Legal framework 9 Surface water pollution 8 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 8 Non-renewable energy facilities 7 Commercial hunting 7 Oil and gas 7 Major linear utilities 6 Ground water pollution 6 Industrial areas 5 Air transport infrastructure 5 Air pollution 4 Flooding 4 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3 Drought 3 Solid waste 2 Commercial development 1 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Renewable energy facilities 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 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.
