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 Australia Austria Bahrain Bangladesh Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominica Egypt Ethiopia Fiji France Gabon Georgia Germany Guinea Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Kiribati Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Lesotho Libya Madagascar Mali Mauritius Mexico Morocco Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Romania Russian Federation Senegal Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain State of Palestine Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Türkiye Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) YemenThreats
Management systems/ management plan 95 Housing 50 Illegal activities 38 Ground transport infrastructure 30 Land conversion 29 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 25 Management activities 25 Legal framework 21 Mining 20 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 16 Civil unrest 16 Water infrastructure 15 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 15 War 15 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 14 Human resources 13 Deliberate destruction of heritage 10 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 10 Financial resources 9 Interpretative and visitation facilities 8 Surface water pollution 8 Water (rain/water table) 8 Governance 8 Solid waste 7 Oil and gas 7 Flooding 7 Commercial development 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 6 Marine transport infrastructure 6 Major linear utilities 6 Renewable energy facilities 6 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 6 Crop production 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Fire (widlfires) 5 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 4 Storms 4 Underground transport infrastructure 3 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Ground water pollution 3 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Commercial hunting 2 Subsistence hunting 2 Quarrying 2 Water (extraction) 2 Changes to oceanic waters 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Invasive / alien marine species 2 High impact research / monitoring activities 2 Industrial areas 1 Localised utilities 1 Air pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Pollution of marine waters 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Micro-organisms 1 Relative humidity 1 Wind 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Drought 1 Temperature change 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Earthquake 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 1 Translocated species 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.