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 394 Housing 164 Ground transport infrastructure 132 Illegal activities 130 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 120 Management activities 101 Financial resources 78 Legal framework 72 Land conversion 58 Human resources 58 Civil unrest 56 Mining 55 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 48 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 41 Water infrastructure 40 Deliberate destruction of heritage 34 Interpretative and visitation facilities 33 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 33 Water (rain/water table) 31 Commercial development 30 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 29 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 27 Marine transport infrastructure 22 Forestry /wood production 21 Relative humidity 20 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 19 Water (extraction) 17 Storms 17 Society's valuing of heritage 15 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 13 Major linear utilities 12 Crop production 12 Earthquake 12 Governance 12 Air pollution 11 Flooding 11 Other climate change impacts 10 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 10 Fire (widlfires) 10 Air transport infrastructure 9 Ground water pollution 8 Surface water pollution 8 Temperature change 8 Invasive / alien freshwater species 8 Industrial areas 7 Localised utilities 7 Solid waste 7 Oil and gas 7 High impact research / monitoring activities 7 Changes to oceanic waters 6 Underground transport infrastructure 5 Non-renewable energy facilities 5 Commercial hunting 5 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 5 Quarrying 5 Avalanche/ landslide 5 Volcanic eruption 5 Drought 3 Tsunami/tidal wave 3 Wind 2 Renewable energy facilities 1 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.