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 Argentina Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia Cuba Cyprus Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Ethiopia Finland France Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Haiti Holy See Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Ireland Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Mali Malta Mauritania Mexico Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Nepal Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania Russian Federation Senegal Serbia Slovakia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan 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 427 Housing 225 Management activities 157 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 113 Legal framework 98 Ground transport infrastructure 96 Water (rain/water table) 80 Human resources 71 Financial resources 67 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 50 Deliberate destruction of heritage 50 Illegal activities 50 Commercial development 49 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 47 Relative humidity 44 Storms 43 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 42 Land conversion 40 Interpretative and visitation facilities 36 Solid waste 36 Earthquake 36 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 35 Flooding 19 Air pollution 17 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 17 Marine transport infrastructure 15 Major linear utilities 15 Wind 15 Localised utilities 13 Governance 12 Water infrastructure 11 Avalanche/ landslide 11 High impact research / monitoring activities 11 Quarrying 9 Temperature 9 Society's valuing of heritage 9 Air transport infrastructure 8 Underground transport infrastructure 8 Micro-organisms 7 Desertification 7 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 7 Mining 6 Other climate change impacts 6 Surface water pollution 5 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 5 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 5 Civil unrest 5 Industrial areas 4 Input of excess energy 4 Oil and gas 4 Terrorism 4 War 4 Radiation/light 3 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Pests 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Crop production 1 Military training 1 Temperature change 1 Fire (widlfires) 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.
