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) Mongolia Myanmar Nepal New Zealand Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Thailand Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 614 Housing 260 Ground transport infrastructure 214 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 205 Illegal activities 198 Management activities 146 Legal framework 109 Financial resources 107 Land conversion 95 Human resources 94 Mining 90 Water infrastructure 79 Civil unrest 70 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 68 Commercial development 56 Interpretative and visitation facilities 54 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 54 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 50 Deliberate destruction of heritage 44 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 40 Forestry /wood production 40 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 38 Water (rain/water table) 37 Other climate change impacts 35 Marine transport infrastructure 33 Storms 33 Governance 31 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 29 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 27 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 26 Underground transport infrastructure 24 Water (extraction) 24 Air pollution 23 Society's valuing of heritage 23 Earthquake 23 Air transport infrastructure 20 Relative humidity 20 Changes to oceanic waters 20 Solid waste 18 Surface water pollution 18 Industrial areas 17 Crop production 17 Flooding 16 Non-renewable energy facilities 14 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 14 Commercial hunting 13 Fire (widlfires) 13 Major linear utilities 12 Ground water pollution 12 Temperature change 12 Invasive / alien freshwater species 12 High impact research / monitoring activities 10 Localised utilities 9 Quarrying 8 Oil and gas 7 Renewable energy facilities 6 Military training 5 Avalanche/ landslide 5 Volcanic eruption 5 Input of excess energy 4 Pollution of marine waters 4 Aquaculture 4 Subsistence wild plant collection 4 Pests 4 Hyper-abundant species 4 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 3 Drought 3 Tsunami/tidal wave 3 Wind 2 Low impact research / monitoring activities 2 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.