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 308 Illegal activities 280 Mining 169 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 143 Water infrastructure 135 Land conversion 128 Ground transport infrastructure 126 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 114 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 82 Civil unrest 77 Oil and gas 76 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 74 Financial resources 73 Legal framework 72 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 71 Human resources 68 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 63 Governance 61 Forestry /wood production 52 Surface water pollution 43 Housing 40 Major linear utilities 39 Fire (widlfires) 38 Other climate change impacts 37 Renewable energy facilities 36 War 35 Storms 34 Commercial hunting 32 Water (extraction) 32 Invasive / alien freshwater species 27 Solid waste 22 Marine transport infrastructure 20 Non-renewable energy facilities 20 Drought 20 Air pollution 18 Crop production 18 Changes to oceanic waters 18 Subsistence hunting 16 Invasive / alien marine species 15 Ground water pollution 12 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 12 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 11 Management activities 11 Air transport infrastructure 9 Pollution of marine waters 9 Translocated species 9 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 8 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Localised utilities 6 Water (rain/water table) 6 Temperature change 6 Commercial development 4 Aquaculture 4 Military training 4 Hyper-abundant species 4 Industrial areas 3 Input of excess energy 3 Subsistence wild plant collection 3 Quarrying 3 Terrorism 3
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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.
