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 Gabon Germany Guinea Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mauritania Mexico Mongolia Montenegro Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) New Zealand Niger North Macedonia Oman Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal 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
Management systems/ management plan 640 Illegal activities 610 Mining 328 Land conversion 271 Ground transport infrastructure 270 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 260 Water infrastructure 240 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 233 Civil unrest 195 Financial resources 187 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 178 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 148 Human resources 145 Oil and gas 135 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 133 Legal framework 119 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 116 Housing 105 Surface water pollution 93 Forestry /wood production 93 War 91 Governance 80 Major linear utilities 77 Fire (widlfires) 72 Water (extraction) 57 Invasive / alien freshwater species 54 Commercial hunting 53 Crop production 53 Renewable energy facilities 51 Storms 48 Other climate change impacts 46 Marine transport infrastructure 36 Air pollution 36 Subsistence hunting 34 Drought 33 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 29 Management activities 28 Non-renewable energy facilities 26 Ground water pollution 25 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 25 Solid waste 24 Invasive / alien marine species 24 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 23 Changes to oceanic waters 22 Water (rain/water table) 19 Temperature change 17 Translocated species 17 Air transport infrastructure 16 Pollution of marine waters 16 Input of excess energy 14 Industrial areas 12 Localised utilities 11 Quarrying 10 Commercial development 8 Interpretative and visitation facilities 7 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Deliberate destruction of heritage 5 Aquaculture 4 Military training 4 Hyper-abundant species 4 Subsistence wild plant collection 3 Terrorism 3 Avalanche/ landslide 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Volcanic eruption 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.
