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 Belgium 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 621 Housing 352 Management activities 193 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 166 Legal framework 138 Ground transport infrastructure 131 Water (rain/water table) 103 Human resources 94 Financial resources 86 Deliberate destruction of heritage 77 Illegal activities 76 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 72 Commercial development 63 Solid waste 60 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 58 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 57 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 56 Interpretative and visitation facilities 55 Land conversion 53 Relative humidity 50 Earthquake 49 Storms 45 Flooding 33 Wind 23 Marine transport infrastructure 18 Major linear utilities 18 Air pollution 17 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 17 Water infrastructure 16 Localised utilities 15 Governance 15 High impact research / monitoring activities 15 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 14 Temperature 12 Society's valuing of heritage 12 Air transport infrastructure 11 Civil unrest 11 Avalanche/ landslide 11 Underground transport infrastructure 10 Mining 9 Quarrying 9 Desertification 9 Crop production 8 Micro-organisms 8 Surface water pollution 7 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 7 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 7 Other climate change impacts 6 Industrial areas 4 Input of excess energy 4 Oil and gas 4 Terrorism 4 War 4 Pollution of marine waters 3 Radiation/light 3 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
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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.