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
Australia Belarus Benin Burkina Faso Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Gabon Germany Guinea Honduras India Indonesia Kenya Kiribati Madagascar Mexico Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Niger Poland Russian Federation Senegal Solomon Islands United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Viet Nam Yemen Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 22 Management systems/ management plan 20 Ground transport infrastructure 12 Mining 11 Water infrastructure 10 Land conversion 10 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 10 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 10 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 9 Financial resources 9 Surface water pollution 8 Human resources 8 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Legal framework 7 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 6 Civil unrest 6 Forestry /wood production 5 Housing 4 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 4 Oil and gas 4 Other climate change impacts 4 Storms 4 Governance 4 Major linear utilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 War 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Marine transport infrastructure 2 Non-renewable energy facilities 2 Ground water pollution 2 Pollution of marine waters 2 Solid waste 2 Subsistence hunting 2 Changes to oceanic waters 2 Drought 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Industrial areas 1 Air transport infrastructure 1 Air pollution 1 Commercial hunting 1 Crop production 1 Water (extraction) 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Terrorism 1 Temperature change 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Invasive / alien marine species 1 Translocated species 1 Management activities 1
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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.