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 Botswana 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 603 Management systems/ management plan 597 Mining 291 Ground transport infrastructure 283 Land conversion 250 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 224 Water infrastructure 216 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 208 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 206 Civil unrest 196 Financial resources 186 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 120 Oil and gas 114 Housing 109 Surface water pollution 106 Human resources 103 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 98 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 93 War 92 Legal framework 92 Forestry /wood production 84 Major linear utilities 60 Crop production 60 Water (extraction) 57 Fire (widlfires) 54 Invasive / alien freshwater species 44 Storms 40 Marine transport infrastructure 37 Renewable energy facilities 37 Governance 37 Commercial hunting 35 Air pollution 32 Subsistence hunting 32 Water (rain/water table) 32 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 30 Invasive / alien marine species 23 Management activities 23 Ground water pollution 22 Drought 22 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 22 Localised utilities 21 Input of excess energy 20 Industrial areas 19 Other climate change impacts 19 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 16 Non-renewable energy facilities 15 Pollution of marine waters 14 Temperature change 14 Translocated species 13 Solid waste 11 Changes to oceanic waters 11 Air transport infrastructure 10 Interpretative and visitation facilities 9 Quarrying 8 Commercial development 5 Deliberate destruction of heritage 5 Flooding 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Society's valuing of heritage 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Aquaculture 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Military training 1 Earthquake 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 1 Hyper-abundant species 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.
