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
Albania Argentina Australia Austria Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Dominica Ecuador Egypt Ethiopia France Germany Guinea Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mauritania Mexico Montenegro Nepal New Zealand Niger North Macedonia Oman Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal Seychelles Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 659 Management systems/ management plan 659 Mining 325 Ground transport infrastructure 306 Land conversion 275 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 251 Water infrastructure 244 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 230 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 222 Civil unrest 212 Financial resources 199 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 134 Oil and gas 131 Human resources 117 Housing 115 Surface water pollution 113 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 112 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 110 Legal framework 108 War 100 Forestry /wood production 95 Major linear utilities 68 Crop production 63 Water (extraction) 63 Fire (widlfires) 62 Governance 53 Invasive / alien freshwater species 49 Storms 46 Commercial hunting 45 Renewable energy facilities 43 Marine transport infrastructure 41 Air pollution 36 Subsistence hunting 35 Water (rain/water table) 33 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 32 Invasive / alien marine species 27 Drought 26 Other climate change impacts 26 Management activities 25 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 24 Localised utilities 22 Ground water pollution 22 Input of excess energy 21 Industrial areas 19 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 19 Non-renewable energy facilities 17 Solid waste 16 Pollution of marine waters 15 Translocated species 15 Changes to oceanic waters 14 Temperature change 14 Air transport infrastructure 12 Interpretative and visitation facilities 9 Quarrying 9 Commercial development 6 Society's valuing of heritage 5 Deliberate destruction of heritage 5 Flooding 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Aquaculture 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Military training 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Hyper-abundant species 2 Earthquake 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 1 High impact research / monitoring activities 1
* :
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.
