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 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 Gabon 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 607 Illegal activities 586 Mining 316 Land conversion 261 Ground transport infrastructure 251 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 249 Water infrastructure 237 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 228 Civil unrest 189 Financial resources 177 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 168 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 145 Human resources 142 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 132 Oil and gas 131 Legal framework 116 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 113 Housing 101 Surface water pollution 89 War 89 Forestry /wood production 88 Governance 80 Major linear utilities 72 Fire (widlfires) 70 Water (extraction) 54 Commercial hunting 52 Invasive / alien freshwater species 52 Crop production 51 Renewable energy facilities 49 Storms 47 Other climate change impacts 45 Air pollution 34 Drought 34 Marine transport infrastructure 33 Subsistence hunting 33 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 28 Management activities 28 Non-renewable energy facilities 26 Ground water pollution 26 Solid waste 24 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 24 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 23 Invasive / alien marine species 23 Changes to oceanic waters 22 Water (rain/water table) 18 Translocated species 18 Temperature change 17 Air transport infrastructure 16 Pollution of marine waters 16 Input of excess energy 13 Industrial areas 11 Localised utilities 11 Quarrying 10 Commercial development 7 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Interpretative and visitation facilities 4 Aquaculture 4 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Military training 4 Hyper-abundant species 4 Subsistence wild plant collection 3 Terrorism 3 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 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.
