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 China Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark 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 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 130 Illegal activities 102 Mining 68 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 62 Water infrastructure 54 Ground transport infrastructure 49 Land conversion 44 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 42 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 39 Financial resources 35 Human resources 33 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 29 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 29 Legal framework 28 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 27 Governance 27 Oil and gas 25 Forestry /wood production 23 Civil unrest 22 Other climate change impacts 21 Surface water pollution 20 Fire (widlfires) 18 Major linear utilities 17 Renewable energy facilities 15 Housing 14 Storms 14 Water (extraction) 12 Invasive / alien freshwater species 12 Solid waste 11 Commercial hunting 11 War 11 Non-renewable energy facilities 9 Air pollution 9 Subsistence hunting 8 Changes to oceanic waters 8 Drought 8 Marine transport infrastructure 7 Crop production 7 Ground water pollution 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Pollution of marine waters 4 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 4 Invasive / alien marine species 4 Industrial areas 3 Society's valuing of heritage 3 Terrorism 3 Temperature change 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Translocated species 3 Management activities 3 Commercial development 2 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Localised utilities 2 Input of excess energy 2 Aquaculture 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 2 Quarrying 2 Water (rain/water table) 2 Military training 2 Hyper-abundant species 2
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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.