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 Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Thailand Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 64 Housing 31 Ground transport infrastructure 23 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 22 Illegal activities 19 Water infrastructure 14 Human resources 13 Management activities 13 Commercial development 11 Financial resources 11 Legal framework 11 Land conversion 10 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 9 Mining 9 Other climate change impacts 9 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 8 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 6 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 6 Governance 6 Industrial areas 5 Marine transport infrastructure 5 Changes to oceanic waters 5 Storms 5 Interpretative and visitation facilities 4 Air transport infrastructure 4 Underground transport infrastructure 4 Solid waste 4 Forestry /wood production 4 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 4 Earthquake 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Air pollution 3 Surface water pollution 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 3 Deliberate destruction of heritage 3 Flooding 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Ground water pollution 2 Pollution of marine waters 2 Crop production 2 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 2 Water (extraction) 2 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 2 Civil unrest 2 Temperature change 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Input of excess energy 1 Aquaculture 1 Commercial hunting 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Quarrying 1 Pests 1 Water (rain/water table) 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Military training 1 Hyper-abundant species 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 1 High impact research / monitoring activities 1 Low impact research / monitoring activities 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.