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 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 ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 1704 Housing 1111 Management activities 484 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 384 Legal framework 384 Ground transport infrastructure 376 Deliberate destruction of heritage 245 Illegal activities 241 Human resources 221 Land conversion 217 Water (rain/water table) 211 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 206 Interpretative and visitation facilities 194 Financial resources 189 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 165 War 163 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 158 Commercial development 153 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 143 Solid waste 124 Flooding 104 Marine transport infrastructure 99 Governance 92 Earthquake 91 Civil unrest 88 Underground transport infrastructure 79 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 74 Water infrastructure 67 High impact research / monitoring activities 57 Relative humidity 55 Society's valuing of heritage 54 Mining 51 Surface water pollution 50 Storms 47 Wind 45 Air transport infrastructure 40 Quarrying 32 Industrial areas 31 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 31 Localised utilities 30 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 29 Other climate change impacts 29 Major linear utilities 28 Crop production 28 Desertification 23 Renewable energy facilities 15 Air pollution 15 Oil and gas 15 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 15 Input of excess energy 14 Fire (widlfires) 14 Ground water pollution 11 Micro-organisms 10 Temperature 8 Non-renewable energy facilities 7 Avalanche/ landslide 6 Low impact research / monitoring activities 6 Forestry /wood production 5 Water (extraction) 5 Military training 5 Pollution of marine waters 4 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4 Pests 4 Changes to oceanic waters 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
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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.