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 542 Illegal activities 536 Mining 293 Land conversion 236 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 229 Ground transport infrastructure 226 Water infrastructure 222 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 215 Civil unrest 175 Financial resources 154 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 153 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 140 Human resources 128 Oil and gas 123 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 123 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 104 Legal framework 103 Housing 93 War 83 Surface water pollution 80 Forestry /wood production 79 Governance 78 Fire (widlfires) 65 Major linear utilities 63 Water (extraction) 50 Crop production 49 Commercial hunting 47 Storms 47 Invasive / alien freshwater species 47 Renewable energy facilities 44 Other climate change impacts 44 Drought 32 Air pollution 30 Marine transport infrastructure 29 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 28 Subsistence hunting 27 Management activities 27 Non-renewable energy facilities 25 Ground water pollution 25 Solid waste 23 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 22 Changes to oceanic waters 22 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 22 Invasive / alien marine species 21 Temperature change 17 Translocated species 17 Pollution of marine waters 16 Water (rain/water table) 16 Air transport infrastructure 13 Input of excess energy 12 Localised utilities 11 Industrial areas 8 Quarrying 8 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Commercial development 5 Aquaculture 4 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Military training 4 Hyper-abundant species 4 Subsistence wild plant collection 3 Terrorism 3 Interpretative and visitation facilities 2 Earthquake 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 1 High impact research / monitoring activities 1
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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.
