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 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 Cyprus Czechia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji France Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Haiti 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 ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 1744 Housing 1127 Management activities 512 Legal framework 396 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 388 Ground transport infrastructure 382 Deliberate destruction of heritage 251 Illegal activities 248 Human resources 227 Land conversion 223 Water (rain/water table) 220 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 208 Financial resources 196 Interpretative and visitation facilities 194 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 165 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 165 War 163 Commercial development 157 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 147 Solid waste 130 Flooding 106 Marine transport infrastructure 100 Earthquake 93 Governance 91 Civil unrest 87 Underground transport infrastructure 78 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 73 Water infrastructure 65 Relative humidity 64 High impact research / monitoring activities 56 Society's valuing of heritage 54 Mining 52 Surface water pollution 50 Storms 50 Wind 47 Air transport infrastructure 41 Localised utilities 32 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 32 Quarrying 32 Industrial areas 31 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 30 Major linear utilities 29 Other climate change impacts 29 Crop production 28 Desertification 24 Air pollution 20 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 18 Renewable energy facilities 15 Oil and gas 15 Input of excess energy 14 Fire (widlfires) 13 Ground water pollution 11 Micro-organisms 10 Temperature 9 Non-renewable energy facilities 7 Avalanche/ landslide 6 Forestry /wood production 5 Water (extraction) 5 Pests 5 Military training 5 Pollution of marine waters 4 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4 Changes to oceanic waters 4 Low impact research / monitoring activities 4 Volcanic eruption 3 Temperature change 2 Tsunami/tidal wave 2 Subsistence hunting 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Terrorism 1 Hyper-abundant 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.