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 Cambodia China India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Japan Lao People's Democratic Republic Nepal New Zealand Pakistan Philippines Sri Lanka Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 48 Management activities 20 Illegal activities 19 Land conversion 15 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 15 Housing 14 Ground transport infrastructure 12 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 11 Legal framework 10 Water infrastructure 9 Civil unrest 9 Human resources 9 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 8 Forestry /wood production 7 Mining 7 Water (extraction) 7 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 5 Air pollution 5 Financial resources 5 Relative humidity 4 Water (rain/water table) 4 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Flooding 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3 Marine transport infrastructure 3 Major linear utilities 3 Solid waste 2 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Storms 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Localised utilities 1 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Quarrying 1 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 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.