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 542 Management systems/ management plan 537 Mining 257 Ground transport infrastructure 255 Land conversion 220 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 196 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 194 Water infrastructure 188 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 180 Civil unrest 178 Financial resources 175 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 103 Housing 101 Surface water pollution 99 Oil and gas 97 Human resources 91 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 85 War 84 Legal framework 76 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 75 Forestry /wood production 73 Crop production 56 Major linear utilities 54 Water (extraction) 50 Fire (widlfires) 48 Invasive / alien freshwater species 39 Storms 34 Marine transport infrastructure 32 Water (rain/water table) 31 Renewable energy facilities 30 Air pollution 30 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 29 Subsistence hunting 29 Commercial hunting 28 Governance 25 Management activities 21 Localised utilities 20 Ground water pollution 20 Input of excess energy 20 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 20 Industrial areas 19 Invasive / alien marine species 19 Drought 18 Other climate change impacts 14 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 13 Temperature change 13 Non-renewable energy facilities 12 Pollution of marine waters 12 Translocated species 11 Interpretative and visitation facilities 9 Air transport infrastructure 9 Solid waste 8 Quarrying 8 Changes to oceanic waters 8 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.
