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 Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Dominica Ecuador Ethiopia France Gabon Germany Guinea Honduras India Indonesia Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Madagascar Malawi Mauritania Mexico Mongolia Montenegro Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Niger North Macedonia Panama Philippines Poland Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sudan Switzerland Thailand 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 329 Illegal activities 296 Mining 178 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 150 Water infrastructure 138 Land conversion 135 Ground transport infrastructure 133 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 126 Civil unrest 85 Oil and gas 84 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 82 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 79 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 77 Legal framework 77 Financial resources 74 Human resources 70 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 68 Governance 61 Forestry /wood production 53 Housing 44 Surface water pollution 43 Fire (widlfires) 42 Major linear utilities 40 War 37 Other climate change impacts 37 Storms 37 Renewable energy facilities 35 Commercial hunting 33 Water (extraction) 33 Invasive / alien freshwater species 28 Non-renewable energy facilities 22 Solid waste 22 Marine transport infrastructure 21 Changes to oceanic waters 20 Crop production 19 Drought 19 Subsistence hunting 18 Air pollution 17 Invasive / alien marine species 17 Ground water pollution 13 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 13 Management activities 13 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 12 Pollution of marine waters 10 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 9 Translocated species 9 Air transport infrastructure 8 Localised utilities 8 Water (rain/water table) 7 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Temperature change 7 Commercial development 4 Industrial areas 4 Aquaculture 4 Military training 4 Hyper-abundant species 4 Input of excess energy 3 Subsistence wild plant collection 3 Quarrying 3 Terrorism 3 Deliberate destruction of heritage 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.
