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 Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mauritania Mexico Mongolia Montenegro Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) New Zealand Niger North Macedonia Oman Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 745 Illegal activities 704 Mining 373 Ground transport infrastructure 326 Land conversion 306 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 301 Water infrastructure 270 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 259 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 231 Civil unrest 222 Financial resources 219 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 155 Oil and gas 147 Human resources 145 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 141 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 138 Legal framework 131 Housing 123 Surface water pollution 123 Forestry /wood production 113 War 107 Major linear utilities 82 Fire (widlfires) 77 Governance 77 Water (extraction) 70 Crop production 63 Invasive / alien freshwater species 60 Storms 59 Renewable energy facilities 55 Commercial hunting 55 Marine transport infrastructure 46 Other climate change impacts 45 Air pollution 40 Subsistence hunting 37 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 34 Drought 32 Invasive / alien marine species 31 Management activities 27 Ground water pollution 26 Solid waste 26 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 26 Non-renewable energy facilities 24 Water (rain/water table) 24 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 23 Input of excess energy 21 Changes to oceanic waters 21 Industrial areas 20 Localised utilities 20 Translocated species 17 Pollution of marine waters 16 Temperature change 16 Air transport infrastructure 15 Quarrying 11 Interpretative and visitation facilities 9 Commercial development 8 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Deliberate destruction of heritage 5 Aquaculture 4 Subsistence wild plant collection 4 Military training 4 Flooding 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Hyper-abundant species 4 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Terrorism 2 Volcanic eruption 2 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.
