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 Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji France Georgia Germany Ghana 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 Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Niger Nigeria Oman Pakistan Panama 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 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 YemenThreats
Management systems/ management plan 1139 Housing 774 Management activities 332 Legal framework 277 Ground transport infrastructure 257 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 240 Land conversion 175 Deliberate destruction of heritage 168 Illegal activities 167 War 162 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 157 Human resources 148 Interpretative and visitation facilities 139 Water (rain/water table) 134 Financial resources 120 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 116 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 102 Commercial development 97 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 97 Governance 79 Marine transport infrastructure 77 Flooding 76 Civil unrest 74 Solid waste 70 Underground transport infrastructure 67 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 58 Earthquake 54 Water infrastructure 52 Surface water pollution 45 Mining 45 Society's valuing of heritage 41 High impact research / monitoring activities 39 Air transport infrastructure 33 Wind 29 Industrial areas 27 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 27 Quarrying 26 Relative humidity 26 Other climate change impacts 23 Localised utilities 21 Crop production 19 Desertification 18 Storms 15 Renewable energy facilities 14 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 14 Major linear utilities 12 Fire (widlfires) 12 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 12 Air pollution 10 Oil and gas 10 Ground water pollution 9 Input of excess energy 9 Non-renewable energy facilities 6 Micro-organisms 6 Low impact research / monitoring activities 6 Forestry /wood production 5 Water (extraction) 5 Pests 4 Changes to oceanic waters 4 Military training 3 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Temperature 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Pollution of marine waters 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Volcanic eruption 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.