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 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 568 Illegal activities 551 Mining 298 Land conversion 246 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 234 Ground transport infrastructure 233 Water infrastructure 226 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 217 Civil unrest 181 Financial resources 164 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 157 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 140 Human resources 136 Oil and gas 125 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 124 Legal framework 109 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 107 Housing 95 War 84 Forestry /wood production 83 Surface water pollution 80 Governance 77 Major linear utilities 66 Fire (widlfires) 65 Water (extraction) 51 Commercial hunting 50 Crop production 50 Invasive / alien freshwater species 50 Storms 46 Renewable energy facilities 45 Other climate change impacts 43 Drought 32 Air pollution 31 Marine transport infrastructure 29 Subsistence hunting 29 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 28 Management activities 26 Non-renewable energy facilities 24 Ground water pollution 24 Solid waste 23 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 23 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 22 Invasive / alien marine species 22 Changes to oceanic waters 21 Water (rain/water table) 17 Translocated species 17 Temperature change 16 Pollution of marine waters 15 Air transport infrastructure 14 Input of excess energy 13 Localised utilities 11 Quarrying 9 Industrial areas 8 Commercial development 6 Society's valuing of heritage 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 2 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.
