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
Afghanistan Australia Bangladesh Cambodia China India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Japan Lao People's Democratic Republic Malaysia Nepal New Zealand Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Thailand Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 172 Management activities 66 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 62 Ground transport infrastructure 52 Illegal activities 49 Housing 47 Land conversion 33 Legal framework 28 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 26 Mining 25 Human resources 21 Financial resources 19 Water (rain/water table) 18 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 17 Civil unrest 17 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 17 Interpretative and visitation facilities 14 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 14 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 14 Deliberate destruction of heritage 14 Water infrastructure 13 Relative humidity 13 Major linear utilities 11 Marine transport infrastructure 10 Forestry /wood production 10 Commercial development 9 Water (extraction) 9 Flooding 9 Fire (widlfires) 9 Air pollution 7 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Storms 7 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Avalanche/ landslide 5 Localised utilities 4 Oil and gas 4 Quarrying 4 Volcanic eruption 4 Solid waste 3 Surface water pollution 3 Earthquake 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Ground water pollution 2 Crop production 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 2 Industrial areas 1 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Terrorism 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 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.