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 278 Illegal activities 245 Mining 150 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 125 Water infrastructure 122 Land conversion 115 Ground transport infrastructure 112 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 103 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 77 Civil unrest 67 Legal framework 67 Oil and gas 66 Financial resources 65 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 64 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 63 Human resources 62 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 59 Governance 58 Forestry /wood production 49 Surface water pollution 37 Fire (widlfires) 36 Major linear utilities 35 Other climate change impacts 34 Housing 32 Renewable energy facilities 32 War 31 Commercial hunting 30 Storms 30 Water (extraction) 27 Invasive / alien freshwater species 23 Solid waste 21 Marine transport infrastructure 18 Non-renewable energy facilities 17 Air pollution 16 Crop production 16 Changes to oceanic waters 16 Drought 16 Subsistence hunting 15 Invasive / alien marine species 14 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 11 Ground water pollution 9 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 9 Air transport infrastructure 8 Pollution of marine waters 8 Management activities 8 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Translocated species 7 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 6 Water (rain/water table) 5 Temperature change 5 Commercial development 4 Localised utilities 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.
