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 Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Canada Central African Republic China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Ecuador Ethiopia France Gabon Germany Guinea Honduras India Indonesia Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Madagascar Malawi Mauritania Mexico Mongolia Montenegro Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Niger North Macedonia Panama Poland Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sudan Switzerland Thailand 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 192 Illegal activities 158 Mining 102 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 89 Water infrastructure 82 Ground transport infrastructure 72 Land conversion 69 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 66 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 56 Financial resources 48 Human resources 47 Legal framework 44 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 43 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 43 Governance 43 Oil and gas 42 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 41 Civil unrest 38 Forestry /wood production 34 Other climate change impacts 28 Surface water pollution 27 Fire (widlfires) 26 Major linear utilities 25 Renewable energy facilities 21 Commercial hunting 21 Housing 20 Storms 20 War 19 Water (extraction) 18 Invasive / alien freshwater species 17 Solid waste 16 Air pollution 13 Drought 12 Marine transport infrastructure 11 Non-renewable energy facilities 11 Subsistence hunting 11 Changes to oceanic waters 11 Crop production 10 Invasive / alien marine species 8 Air transport infrastructure 7 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 7 Ground water pollution 6 Pollution of marine waters 5 Society's valuing of heritage 5 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 5 Translocated species 5 Management activities 5 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 4 Commercial development 3 Industrial areas 3 Localised utilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Aquaculture 3 Subsistence wild plant collection 3 Quarrying 3 Water (rain/water table) 3 Military training 3 Terrorism 3 Temperature change 3 Hyper-abundant species 3
* :
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.
