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
Argentina Australia Bangladesh Belarus Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Central African Republic China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominica Ecuador Ethiopia Guinea Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Italy Japan Kenya Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mauritania Mexico Montenegro Nepal New Zealand Niger Oman Panama Peru Philippines Poland Romania Russian Federation Senegal Seychelles Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sri Lanka Thailand Tunisia Uganda United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 182 Illegal activities 175 Ground transport infrastructure 104 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 81 Mining 77 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 64 Water infrastructure 61 Land conversion 58 Financial resources 57 Civil unrest 45 Surface water pollution 44 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 44 Forestry /wood production 30 Housing 28 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 28 Oil and gas 25 War 22 Water (extraction) 21 Legal framework 20 Crop production 19 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 18 Water (rain/water table) 17 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 17 Marine transport infrastructure 15 Localised utilities 13 Major linear utilities 13 Storms 13 Industrial areas 11 Air pollution 11 Input of excess energy 10 Subsistence hunting 10 Fire (widlfires) 10 Renewable energy facilities 9 Invasive / alien freshwater species 9 Invasive / alien marine species 8 Human resources 8 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 6 Interpretative and visitation facilities 5 Commercial hunting 4 Flooding 4 Pollution of marine waters 3 Solid waste 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Ground water pollution 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Commercial development 1 Air transport infrastructure 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Quarrying 1 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 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.
