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) 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 507 Illegal activities 505 Mining 281 Land conversion 227 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 219 Water infrastructure 217 Ground transport infrastructure 211 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 202 Civil unrest 160 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 139 Financial resources 137 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 136 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 120 Oil and gas 117 Human resources 113 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 96 Legal framework 96 Housing 87 War 76 Governance 76 Forestry /wood production 75 Surface water pollution 73 Fire (widlfires) 63 Major linear utilities 61 Water (extraction) 49 Crop production 48 Storms 46 Commercial hunting 45 Invasive / alien freshwater species 44 Other climate change impacts 43 Renewable energy facilities 42 Drought 32 Air pollution 29 Marine transport infrastructure 27 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 25 Management activities 25 Non-renewable energy facilities 24 Subsistence hunting 24 Ground water pollution 23 Solid waste 23 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 22 Changes to oceanic waters 21 Invasive / alien marine species 21 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 19 Translocated species 17 Temperature change 15 Pollution of marine waters 14 Water (rain/water table) 14 Air transport infrastructure 12 Localised utilities 11 Input of excess energy 11 Industrial areas 7 Quarrying 7 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Commercial development 4 Aquaculture 4 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Military training 4 Hyper-abundant species 4 Subsistence wild plant collection 3 Interpretative and visitation facilities 2 Terrorism 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.
