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 Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Canada Central African Republic China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominica Ecuador Ethiopia Guinea Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Italy Japan Kenya Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mauritania Mexico Montenegro Nepal New Zealand Niger Oman Panama Peru Philippines Poland Romania Russian Federation Senegal Seychelles Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa 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
Management systems/ management plan 238 Illegal activities 214 Ground transport infrastructure 124 Mining 95 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 95 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 80 Land conversion 77 Financial resources 77 Water infrastructure 69 Civil unrest 57 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 55 Surface water pollution 49 Forestry /wood production 37 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 36 Housing 34 Oil and gas 31 Legal framework 30 War 26 Water (extraction) 24 Crop production 21 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 21 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 20 Human resources 20 Major linear utilities 19 Water (rain/water table) 19 Marine transport infrastructure 18 Subsistence hunting 16 Industrial areas 14 Air pollution 14 Invasive / alien freshwater species 14 Localised utilities 13 Storms 13 Fire (widlfires) 13 Renewable energy facilities 11 Input of excess energy 11 Invasive / alien marine species 10 Commercial hunting 8 Interpretative and visitation facilities 7 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 6 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 5 Flooding 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Commercial development 3 Air transport infrastructure 3 Pollution of marine waters 3 Solid waste 3 Quarrying 3 Ground water pollution 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Management activities 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.
