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
Argentina Australia Bangladesh Belarus Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Central African Republic China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominica Ecuador Ethiopia Guinea Honduras India Indonesia Japan Madagascar Malawi Mauritania Mexico Montenegro Nepal New Zealand Niger Oman Panama Peru Philippines Poland Romania Russian Federation Senegal Seychelles Slovenia Spain Sri Lanka Thailand Tunisia Uganda United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 125 Management systems/ management plan 125 Ground transport infrastructure 70 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 62 Water infrastructure 54 Mining 52 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 45 Land conversion 39 Financial resources 39 Surface water pollution 33 Civil unrest 33 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 32 Housing 20 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 20 Forestry /wood production 20 Oil and gas 18 War 18 Water (extraction) 16 Crop production 15 Water (rain/water table) 15 Legal framework 14 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 13 Localised utilities 13 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 11 Marine transport infrastructure 10 Storms 10 Industrial areas 9 Air pollution 8 Input of excess energy 8 Subsistence hunting 8 Major linear utilities 6 Invasive / alien marine species 6 Renewable energy facilities 5 Fire (widlfires) 5 Invasive / alien freshwater species 5 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 3 Pollution of marine waters 3 Solid waste 3 Flooding 3 Human resources 3 Commercial hunting 2 Interpretative and visitation facilities 1 Air transport infrastructure 1 Ground water pollution 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Society's valuing of heritage 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.