State of Conservation

States Parties

Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Argentina Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Canada Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Haiti Holy See Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Ireland Italy Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Slovakia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Togo 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 Zimbabwe

Threats

Management systems/ management plan 1635 Housing 1047 Management activities 498 Legal framework 376 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 375 Ground transport infrastructure 353 Deliberate destruction of heritage 232 Human resources 222 Water (rain/water table) 220 Illegal activities 219 Land conversion 201 Financial resources 190 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 188 Interpretative and visitation facilities 176 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 159 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 155 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 149 Commercial development 140 Solid waste 126 War 126 Flooding 98 Earthquake 95 Marine transport infrastructure 90 Governance 78 Civil unrest 73 Relative humidity 72 Underground transport infrastructure 68 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 62 Storms 59 Water infrastructure 56 High impact research / monitoring activities 52 Wind 49 Mining 47 Surface water pollution 46 Society's valuing of heritage 46 Air transport infrastructure 39 Localised utilities 32 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 32 Quarrying 28 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 28 Major linear utilities 27 Industrial areas 26 Air pollution 25 Crop production 25 Other climate change impacts 23 Desertification 19 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 16 Oil and gas 15 Micro-organisms 15 Temperature 14 Input of excess energy 13 Avalanche/ landslide 13 Renewable energy facilities 12 Fire (widlfires) 9 Ground water pollution 8 Non-renewable energy facilities 5 Pests 5 Pollution of marine waters 4 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4 Forestry /wood production 4 Water (extraction) 4 Terrorism 4 Radiation/light 3 Military training 3 Volcanic eruption 3 Low impact research / monitoring activities 3 Changes to oceanic waters 2 Temperature change 2 Tsunami/tidal wave 2 Subsistence hunting 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Hyper-abundant species 1