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 Panama Peru Philippines Poland 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 394 Illegal activities 373 Mining 221 Land conversion 175 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 175 Water infrastructure 171 Ground transport infrastructure 163 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 155 Civil unrest 111 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 106 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 99 Oil and gas 98 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 96 Financial resources 95 Legal framework 86 Human resources 79 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 75 Governance 67 Housing 60 Forestry /wood production 55 Surface water pollution 54 Fire (widlfires) 51 Major linear utilities 48 War 48 Storms 42 Other climate change impacts 41 Water (extraction) 40 Commercial hunting 39 Renewable energy facilities 37 Invasive / alien freshwater species 33 Drought 26 Crop production 25 Marine transport infrastructure 24 Non-renewable energy facilities 24 Air pollution 22 Solid waste 22 Changes to oceanic waters 21 Invasive / alien marine species 21 Subsistence hunting 18 Ground water pollution 17 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 17 Management activities 17 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 14 Translocated species 13 Pollution of marine waters 12 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 11 Temperature change 10 Water (rain/water table) 9 Air transport infrastructure 8 Localised utilities 8 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Input of excess energy 5 Commercial development 4 Industrial areas 4 Aquaculture 4 Quarrying 4 Military training 4 Hyper-abundant species 4 Subsistence wild plant collection 3 Deliberate destruction of heritage 2 Terrorism 2 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.
