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 Nepal New Zealand Pakistan Philippines Solomon Islands Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 26 Illegal activities 14 Housing 11 Ground transport infrastructure 10 Financial resources 10 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 9 Legal framework 8 Commercial development 7 Water (rain/water table) 5 Civil unrest 4 Human resources 4 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 3 Mining 3 Deliberate destruction of heritage 3 Management activities 3 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 2 Relative humidity 2 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Air transport infrastructure 1 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Major linear utilities 1 Water infrastructure 1 Ground water pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Surface water pollution 1 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 1 Forestry /wood production 1 Land conversion 1 Oil and gas 1 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 1 Earthquake 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Fire (widlfires) 1 Governance 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.