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 Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia 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 549 Housing 300 Management activities 178 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 146 Legal framework 128 Ground transport infrastructure 115 Water (rain/water table) 95 Human resources 84 Financial resources 79 Deliberate destruction of heritage 67 Illegal activities 65 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 62 Commercial development 59 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 53 Solid waste 51 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 49 Interpretative and visitation facilities 48 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 48 Relative humidity 47 Land conversion 45 Storms 44 Earthquake 44 Flooding 28 Wind 20 Marine transport infrastructure 17 Major linear utilities 17 Air pollution 17 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 17 Localised utilities 14 Water infrastructure 14 Governance 14 High impact research / monitoring activities 14 Society's valuing of heritage 11 Avalanche/ landslide 11 Air transport infrastructure 10 Temperature 10 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 10 Underground transport infrastructure 9 Quarrying 9 Mining 8 Civil unrest 8 Desertification 8 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 7 Micro-organisms 7 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 7 Surface water pollution 6 Other climate change impacts 6 Industrial areas 4 Input of excess energy 4 Crop production 4 Oil and gas 4 Terrorism 4 War 4 Radiation/light 3 Pollution of marine waters 2 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Pests 2 Military training 2 Temperature change 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Ground water pollution 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 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.
