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 Belize Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Canada Central African Republic China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Dominica Ecuador Egypt Ethiopia France Guinea Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Italy Japan Kenya Kiribati Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mauritania Mexico Montenegro Nepal New Zealand Niger Oman Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia 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
Illegal activities 454 Management systems/ management plan 451 Ground transport infrastructure 217 Mining 210 Land conversion 178 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 171 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 159 Financial resources 157 Water infrastructure 153 Civil unrest 147 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 144 Surface water pollution 86 Housing 83 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 81 Human resources 78 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 72 War 72 Oil and gas 70 Forestry /wood production 63 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 62 Legal framework 56 Crop production 51 Major linear utilities 42 Water (extraction) 41 Fire (widlfires) 36 Invasive / alien freshwater species 33 Water (rain/water table) 28 Air pollution 27 Marine transport infrastructure 26 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 25 Subsistence hunting 25 Storms 23 Commercial hunting 22 Renewable energy facilities 20 Input of excess energy 20 Industrial areas 18 Governance 17 Localised utilities 16 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 15 Management activities 15 Ground water pollution 14 Invasive / alien marine species 14 Drought 13 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 10 Temperature change 10 Interpretative and visitation facilities 9 Pollution of marine waters 9 Other climate change impacts 9 Air transport infrastructure 8 Quarrying 8 Translocated species 8 Commercial development 4 Solid waste 4 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Flooding 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Changes to oceanic waters 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Earthquake 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 1 High impact research / monitoring activities 1
* :
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.
