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 Albania Algeria Argentina Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Barbados Belgium Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia Fiji France Georgia Germany Ghana Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Italy Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Libya Lithuania Mali Malta Mauritius Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Niger Nigeria Oman Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Slovakia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Suriname Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Togo Tunisia Türkiye Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam YemenThreats
Management systems/ management plan 766 Housing 505 Management activities 224 Legal framework 204 Ground transport infrastructure 187 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 183 War 145 Land conversion 138 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 114 Illegal activities 114 Interpretative and visitation facilities 106 Deliberate destruction of heritage 104 Human resources 103 Water (rain/water table) 93 Financial resources 84 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 81 Commercial development 80 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 67 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 62 Governance 61 Civil unrest 58 Flooding 54 Marine transport infrastructure 50 Underground transport infrastructure 50 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 46 Water infrastructure 40 Solid waste 40 Surface water pollution 35 Mining 32 Earthquake 32 Society's valuing of heritage 31 Air transport infrastructure 25 High impact research / monitoring activities 25 Quarrying 24 Industrial areas 19 Wind 18 Other climate change impacts 18 Localised utilities 17 Relative humidity 17 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 16 Desertification 16 Crop production 14 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 13 Fire (widlfires) 12 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 12 Major linear utilities 11 Renewable energy facilities 9 Ground water pollution 8 Air pollution 7 Storms 6 Low impact research / monitoring activities 6 Non-renewable energy facilities 5 Input of excess energy 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Pests 4 Oil and gas 3 Water (extraction) 3 Military training 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Micro-organisms 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.