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
Bangladesh Belarus Belize Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Cuba Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Ecuador Ethiopia Guinea Honduras India Indonesia Kenya Madagascar Malaysia Mauritania Nepal Niger Panama Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal Solomon Islands South Africa Uganda United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Viet NamThreats
Illegal activities 29 Management systems/ management plan 22 Land conversion 14 Mining 14 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 12 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 10 Ground transport infrastructure 9 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 9 Civil unrest 9 Financial resources 9 Water infrastructure 8 Human resources 8 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 7 Forestry /wood production 6 Oil and gas 5 War 5 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 5 Housing 4 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 3 Major linear utilities 3 Surface water pollution 3 Commercial hunting 3 Temperature change 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Legal framework 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Ground water pollution 2 Crop production 2 Subsistence hunting 2 Water (extraction) 2 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Governance 2 Management activities 2 Industrial areas 1 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Localised utilities 1 Water (rain/water table) 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Storms 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.