State of Conservation

States Parties

Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Argentina Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Canada Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Haiti Holy See Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Ireland Italy Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay 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 Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Togo Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan 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 Yemen Zimbabwe

Threats

Management systems/ management plan 1766 Housing 1132 Management activities 528 Legal framework 410 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 407 Ground transport infrastructure 387 Deliberate destruction of heritage 246 Human resources 239 Water (rain/water table) 236 Illegal activities 236 Land conversion 221 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 210 Financial resources 205 Interpretative and visitation facilities 194 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 170 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 166 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 160 Commercial development 157 War 144 Solid waste 133 Flooding 105 Earthquake 100 Marine transport infrastructure 98 Governance 92 Civil unrest 81 Underground transport infrastructure 76 Relative humidity 75 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 71 Water infrastructure 63 Storms 60 High impact research / monitoring activities 55 Mining 52 Wind 51 Society's valuing of heritage 51 Surface water pollution 50 Air transport infrastructure 43 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 34 Localised utilities 33 Quarrying 33 Industrial areas 30 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 30 Major linear utilities 29 Crop production 27 Other climate change impacts 27 Air pollution 26 Desertification 22 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 18 Oil and gas 15 Micro-organisms 15 Input of excess energy 14 Temperature 14 Renewable energy facilities 13 Avalanche/ landslide 13 Fire (widlfires) 11 Ground water pollution 10 Non-renewable energy facilities 7 Pests 6 Forestry /wood production 5 Water (extraction) 5 Pollution of marine waters 4 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4 Military training 4 Terrorism 4 Low impact research / monitoring activities 4 Radiation/light 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Volcanic eruption 3 Temperature change 2 Tsunami/tidal wave 2 Subsistence hunting 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Hyper-abundant species 1