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) Niger North Macedonia 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 457 Illegal activities 447 Mining 256 Land conversion 210 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 201 Water infrastructure 197 Ground transport infrastructure 193 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 185 Civil unrest 135 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 128 Financial resources 119 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 117 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 114 Oil and gas 112 Human resources 97 Legal framework 96 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 86 Housing 75 Governance 74 Surface water pollution 70 Forestry /wood production 68 War 61 Fire (widlfires) 59 Major linear utilities 57 Storms 46 Water (extraction) 45 Other climate change impacts 45 Commercial hunting 43 Renewable energy facilities 41 Invasive / alien freshwater species 38 Crop production 29 Drought 29 Marine transport infrastructure 28 Non-renewable energy facilities 26 Air pollution 25 Solid waste 23 Ground water pollution 22 Subsistence hunting 22 Changes to oceanic waters 22 Management activities 22 Invasive / alien marine species 21 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 20 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 18 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 17 Translocated species 16 Temperature change 14 Pollution of marine waters 13 Air transport infrastructure 11 Water (rain/water table) 11 Localised utilities 10 Input of excess energy 7 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Industrial areas 6 Quarrying 5 Commercial development 4 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 1 Earthquake 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.
