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 705 Illegal activities 662 Mining 358 Ground transport infrastructure 302 Land conversion 288 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 288 Water infrastructure 249 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 246 Civil unrest 209 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 204 Financial resources 202 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 152 Human resources 145 Oil and gas 142 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 137 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 128 Legal framework 124 Housing 115 Surface water pollution 109 Forestry /wood production 107 War 96 Major linear utilities 79 Governance 77 Fire (widlfires) 76 Water (extraction) 61 Crop production 58 Invasive / alien freshwater species 58 Commercial hunting 55 Storms 54 Renewable energy facilities 53 Other climate change impacts 45 Marine transport infrastructure 42 Air pollution 39 Subsistence hunting 36 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 34 Drought 32 Invasive / alien marine species 28 Management activities 27 Ground water pollution 26 Solid waste 26 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 26 Non-renewable energy facilities 24 Water (rain/water table) 23 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 23 Changes to oceanic waters 21 Input of excess energy 18 Translocated species 17 Temperature change 16 Industrial areas 15 Air transport infrastructure 15 Pollution of marine waters 15 Localised utilities 14 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.
