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 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 574 Illegal activities 558 Mining 302 Land conversion 248 Ground transport infrastructure 237 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 237 Water infrastructure 226 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 222 Civil unrest 184 Financial resources 167 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 161 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 141 Human resources 139 Oil and gas 127 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 126 Legal framework 110 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 108 Housing 96 Forestry /wood production 85 War 85 Surface water pollution 83 Governance 78 Major linear utilities 66 Fire (widlfires) 66 Water (extraction) 51 Invasive / alien freshwater species 51 Commercial hunting 50 Crop production 50 Storms 47 Renewable energy facilities 45 Other climate change impacts 44 Drought 32 Air pollution 31 Subsistence hunting 31 Marine transport infrastructure 30 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 28 Management activities 27 Non-renewable energy facilities 25 Ground water pollution 25 Solid waste 23 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 23 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 23 Changes to oceanic waters 22 Invasive / alien marine species 22 Water (rain/water table) 17 Temperature change 17 Translocated species 17 Pollution of marine waters 16 Air transport infrastructure 14 Input of excess energy 13 Localised utilities 11 Industrial areas 9 Quarrying 9 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Commercial development 6 Aquaculture 4 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Military training 4 Hyper-abundant species 4 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3 Subsistence wild plant collection 3 Terrorism 3 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Earthquake 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 1 Volcanic eruption 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.
