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 240 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 86 Housing 76 Management activities 76 Ground transport infrastructure 73 Illegal activities 72 Legal framework 51 Financial resources 39 Land conversion 36 Mining 34 Human resources 32 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 29 Civil unrest 28 Water (rain/water table) 27 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 24 Commercial development 20 Deliberate destruction of heritage 20 Interpretative and visitation facilities 19 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 19 Water infrastructure 18 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 17 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 16 Relative humidity 15 Major linear utilities 12 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 12 Forestry /wood production 12 Marine transport infrastructure 11 Water (extraction) 11 Fire (widlfires) 10 Flooding 9 Society's valuing of heritage 8 Air pollution 7 Storms 7 Earthquake 7 Crop production 5 Oil and gas 5 Avalanche/ landslide 5 Air transport infrastructure 4 Localised utilities 4 Ground water pollution 4 Solid waste 4 Surface water pollution 4 Quarrying 4 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 4 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 4 Volcanic eruption 4 Governance 3 Industrial areas 2 Drought 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Tsunami/tidal wave 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Input of excess energy 1 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Wind 1 Terrorism 1 Temperature change 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.