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 Kazakhstan Kiribati 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 373 Housing 153 Ground transport infrastructure 125 Illegal activities 119 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 113 Management activities 98 Financial resources 74 Legal framework 68 Land conversion 54 Human resources 54 Civil unrest 53 Mining 52 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 46 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 40 Water infrastructure 37 Deliberate destruction of heritage 32 Water (rain/water table) 31 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 31 Interpretative and visitation facilities 30 Commercial development 29 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 29 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 26 Marine transport infrastructure 20 Forestry /wood production 20 Relative humidity 20 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 17 Water (extraction) 16 Society's valuing of heritage 14 Storms 14 Major linear utilities 12 Earthquake 12 Crop production 11 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 10 Flooding 10 Fire (widlfires) 10 Governance 10 Air transport infrastructure 9 Air pollution 9 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 9 Other climate change impacts 8 Localised utilities 7 Ground water pollution 7 Solid waste 7 Surface water pollution 7 Oil and gas 7 Temperature change 7 Invasive / alien freshwater species 7 Industrial areas 6 High impact research / monitoring activities 6 Underground transport infrastructure 5 Quarrying 5 Avalanche/ landslide 5 Volcanic eruption 5 Commercial hunting 4 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 4 Changes to oceanic waters 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Drought 3 Tsunami/tidal wave 3 Wind 2 Input of excess energy 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.