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 Kazakhstan Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Malaysia Nepal New Zealand Philippines Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Thailand Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 137 Illegal activities 102 Ground transport infrastructure 64 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 58 Mining 54 Water infrastructure 51 Land conversion 49 Financial resources 44 Civil unrest 37 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 35 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 35 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 31 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 29 Human resources 23 Storms 20 Water (extraction) 19 Governance 19 Marine transport infrastructure 17 Housing 16 Crop production 15 Forestry /wood production 15 Other climate change impacts 15 Changes to oceanic waters 14 Legal framework 12 Commercial hunting 11 Non-renewable energy facilities 10 Surface water pollution 10 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 10 Temperature change 10 Invasive / alien freshwater species 10 Fire (widlfires) 9 Ground water pollution 7 Oil and gas 7 Air transport infrastructure 6 Major linear utilities 6 Air pollution 6 Industrial areas 5 Renewable energy facilities 4 Flooding 4 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3 Solid waste 3 Drought 3 Pollution of marine waters 2 Aquaculture 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 2 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 2 Military training 2 Hyper-abundant species 2 Commercial development 1 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Input of excess energy 1 Quarrying 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
* :
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.
