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 315 Housing 125 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 104 Ground transport infrastructure 102 Illegal activities 97 Management activities 89 Legal framework 61 Financial resources 59 Land conversion 46 Human resources 45 Mining 43 Civil unrest 43 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 39 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 37 Water (rain/water table) 31 Deliberate destruction of heritage 30 Water infrastructure 29 Commercial development 26 Interpretative and visitation facilities 26 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 25 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 22 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 19 Relative humidity 19 Forestry /wood production 17 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 16 Marine transport infrastructure 14 Water (extraction) 14 Major linear utilities 12 Society's valuing of heritage 12 Flooding 10 Earthquake 10 Fire (widlfires) 10 Crop production 9 Storms 9 Air pollution 8 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 8 Air transport infrastructure 7 Governance 7 Oil and gas 6 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 6 Localised utilities 5 Solid waste 5 Avalanche/ landslide 5 Invasive / alien freshwater species 5 Industrial areas 4 Ground water pollution 4 Surface water pollution 4 Quarrying 4 Temperature change 4 Volcanic eruption 4 Underground transport infrastructure 3 Drought 3 Tsunami/tidal wave 3 High impact research / monitoring activities 3 Commercial hunting 2 Wind 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Input of excess energy 1 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Temperature 1 Terrorism 1 Invasive / alien marine 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.