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 Democratic People's Republic of Korea Fiji India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Japan Kazakhstan Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Malaysia Myanmar Nepal New Zealand Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Thailand Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 439 Housing 179 Ground transport infrastructure 149 Illegal activities 148 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 136 Management activities 108 Financial resources 83 Legal framework 78 Land conversion 64 Human resources 64 Mining 63 Civil unrest 61 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 50 Water infrastructure 47 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 42 Interpretative and visitation facilities 37 Deliberate destruction of heritage 36 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 36 Commercial development 32 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 32 Water (rain/water table) 31 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 30 Forestry /wood production 25 Marine transport infrastructure 24 Storms 21 Relative humidity 20 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 20 Water (extraction) 18 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 16 Society's valuing of heritage 16 Governance 15 Air pollution 14 Other climate change impacts 14 Earthquake 14 Crop production 13 Flooding 13 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 13 Major linear utilities 12 Air transport infrastructure 11 Surface water pollution 11 Industrial areas 10 Fire (widlfires) 10 Ground water pollution 9 Solid waste 9 Changes to oceanic waters 9 Temperature change 9 Invasive / alien freshwater species 9 Underground transport infrastructure 8 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 8 Localised utilities 7 Non-renewable energy facilities 7 Commercial hunting 7 Oil and gas 7 High impact research / monitoring activities 7 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 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 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.