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 Thailand Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 67 Management activities 28 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 24 Illegal activities 21 Housing 20 Land conversion 17 Ground transport infrastructure 15 Legal framework 15 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 12 Mining 10 Civil unrest 10 Human resources 10 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 9 Water infrastructure 9 Forestry /wood production 8 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 8 Water (extraction) 7 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 6 Air pollution 6 Relative humidity 6 Water (rain/water table) 6 Deliberate destruction of heritage 5 Flooding 5 Financial resources 5 Interpretative and visitation facilities 4 Marine transport infrastructure 4 Storms 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Major linear utilities 3 Solid waste 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Society's valuing of heritage 2 Localised utilities 1 Ground water pollution 1 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Oil and gas 1 Quarrying 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Volcanic eruption 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.