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
Albania Argentina Australia Austria Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Dominica Ecuador Egypt Ethiopia France Germany Guinea Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Italy Japan Kenya Kiribati Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mauritania Mexico Montenegro Nepal New Zealand Niger North Macedonia Oman Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal Seychelles Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 515 Management systems/ management plan 511 Ground transport infrastructure 242 Mining 242 Land conversion 204 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 188 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 186 Water infrastructure 175 Financial resources 169 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 168 Civil unrest 167 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 99 Housing 97 Surface water pollution 95 Oil and gas 90 Human resources 88 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 82 War 80 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 71 Forestry /wood production 69 Legal framework 69 Crop production 54 Major linear utilities 50 Water (extraction) 48 Fire (widlfires) 44 Invasive / alien freshwater species 38 Marine transport infrastructure 30 Water (rain/water table) 30 Storms 30 Air pollution 29 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 28 Subsistence hunting 28 Renewable energy facilities 26 Commercial hunting 26 Governance 22 Localised utilities 20 Input of excess energy 20 Management activities 20 Industrial areas 19 Ground water pollution 18 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 18 Drought 17 Invasive / alien marine species 17 Other climate change impacts 13 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 12 Temperature change 12 Pollution of marine waters 11 Translocated species 10 Interpretative and visitation facilities 9 Air transport infrastructure 9 Non-renewable energy facilities 9 Quarrying 8 Solid waste 6 Changes to oceanic waters 6 Deliberate destruction of heritage 5 Commercial development 4 Flooding 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 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.
