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 Belarus Belgium Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia Denmark 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 Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius 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 Sudan Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Uganda 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 836 Housing 515 Management activities 253 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 200 Ground transport infrastructure 176 Legal framework 176 Water (rain/water table) 124 Deliberate destruction of heritage 121 Human resources 117 Financial resources 107 Illegal activities 105 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 92 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 82 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 80 Solid waste 80 Commercial development 75 Interpretative and visitation facilities 73 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 70 Land conversion 69 Earthquake 60 Relative humidity 57 Storms 47 Flooding 46 Marine transport infrastructure 33 Wind 30 Governance 25 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 22 High impact research / monitoring activities 22 Water infrastructure 21 Air pollution 20 Civil unrest 20 Major linear utilities 19 Underground transport infrastructure 18 Society's valuing of heritage 18 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 17 Localised utilities 15 Air transport infrastructure 14 Temperature 14 Mining 13 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 12 Micro-organisms 12 Crop production 11 Avalanche/ landslide 11 Surface water pollution 9 Quarrying 9 Desertification 9 Oil and gas 8 Other climate change impacts 8 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 8 Input of excess energy 7 War 7 Industrial areas 6 Terrorism 4 Renewable energy facilities 3 Pollution of marine waters 3 Radiation/light 3 Non-renewable energy facilities 2 Ground water pollution 2 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Water (extraction) 2 Pests 2 Military training 2 Temperature change 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Tsunami/tidal wave 2 Volcanic eruption 2
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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.
