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 Micronesia (Federated States of) Myanmar Nepal New Zealand Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Thailand Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 486 Housing 202 Ground transport infrastructure 168 Illegal activities 163 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 155 Management activities 119 Financial resources 89 Legal framework 89 Land conversion 73 Human resources 72 Mining 70 Civil unrest 66 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 53 Water infrastructure 53 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 43 Interpretative and visitation facilities 42 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 41 Commercial development 39 Deliberate destruction of heritage 39 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 34 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 33 Water (rain/water table) 33 Forestry /wood production 30 Marine transport infrastructure 27 Storms 25 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 22 Water (extraction) 20 Relative humidity 20 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 19 Society's valuing of heritage 19 Governance 19 Other climate change impacts 18 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 18 Earthquake 17 Air pollution 16 Crop production 14 Flooding 14 Air transport infrastructure 13 Underground transport infrastructure 13 Surface water pollution 13 Major linear utilities 12 Changes to oceanic waters 12 Industrial areas 11 Solid waste 11 Ground water pollution 10 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 10 Temperature change 10 Fire (widlfires) 10 Invasive / alien freshwater species 10 Localised utilities 9 Non-renewable energy facilities 9 Commercial hunting 9 Oil and gas 7 High impact research / monitoring activities 7 Quarrying 6 Avalanche/ landslide 5 Volcanic eruption 5 Renewable energy facilities 3 Drought 3 Tsunami/tidal wave 3 Input of excess energy 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 2 Wind 2 Military training 2 Pollution of marine waters 1 Aquaculture 1 Pests 1 Temperature 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Terrorism 1 Hyper-abundant species 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.