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 Cyprus Czechia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji France Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Haiti 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 1732 Housing 1120 Management activities 510 Legal framework 392 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 388 Ground transport infrastructure 379 Deliberate destruction of heritage 249 Illegal activities 247 Human resources 224 Land conversion 221 Water (rain/water table) 219 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 208 Interpretative and visitation facilities 194 Financial resources 193 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 164 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 164 War 156 Commercial development 155 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 146 Solid waste 129 Flooding 106 Marine transport infrastructure 100 Earthquake 93 Governance 90 Civil unrest 83 Underground transport infrastructure 77 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 73 Relative humidity 64 Water infrastructure 63 High impact research / monitoring activities 56 Society's valuing of heritage 54 Mining 51 Surface water pollution 50 Storms 50 Wind 47 Air transport infrastructure 40 Localised utilities 32 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 32 Quarrying 32 Industrial areas 31 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 30 Major linear utilities 29 Other climate change impacts 29 Crop production 28 Desertification 23 Air pollution 20 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 18 Renewable energy facilities 15 Oil and gas 15 Input of excess energy 14 Fire (widlfires) 13 Ground water pollution 11 Micro-organisms 10 Temperature 9 Non-renewable energy facilities 7 Avalanche/ landslide 6 Forestry /wood production 5 Water (extraction) 5 Pests 5 Military training 5 Pollution of marine waters 4 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4 Changes to oceanic waters 4 Low impact research / monitoring activities 4 Volcanic eruption 3 Temperature change 2 Tsunami/tidal wave 2 Subsistence hunting 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Terrorism 1 Hyper-abundant species 1