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 Mongolia Nepal New Zealand Philippines Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Thailand Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 121 Illegal activities 90 Ground transport infrastructure 60 Water infrastructure 60 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 57 Mining 55 Financial resources 49 Land conversion 40 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 40 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 37 Human resources 34 Storms 27 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 25 Other climate change impacts 24 Civil unrest 23 Governance 22 Changes to oceanic waters 21 Forestry /wood production 20 Housing 18 Crop production 16 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 15 Non-renewable energy facilities 14 Legal framework 14 Commercial hunting 13 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 13 Surface water pollution 12 Water (extraction) 12 Temperature change 12 Invasive / alien freshwater species 12 Marine transport infrastructure 10 Air pollution 9 Air transport infrastructure 8 Ground water pollution 8 Industrial areas 7 Renewable energy facilities 6 Solid waste 5 Pollution of marine waters 4 Aquaculture 4 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 4 Military training 4 Hyper-abundant species 4 Input of excess energy 3 Subsistence wild plant collection 3 Oil and gas 3 Quarrying 3 Drought 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Commercial development 1 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Major linear utilities 1 Earthquake 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 1 Invasive / alien marine species 1 High impact research / monitoring 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.