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 Australia Chad China France Gabon Greece Guatemala Iraq Jamaica Jordan Lesotho Mali Mexico New Zealand North Macedonia Peru South Africa Spain Türkiye United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 114 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 62 Ground transport infrastructure 43 Forestry /wood production 24 Illegal activities 21 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 18 Mining 18 Governance 17 Legal framework 17 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 16 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 16 Financial resources 16 Avalanche/ landslide 15 Crop production 14 Land conversion 14 Management activities 13 Housing 12 Interpretative and visitation facilities 10 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 9 Fire (widlfires) 9 Human resources 9 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 8 Flooding 7 Water infrastructure 5 Solid waste 5 Oil and gas 5 War 5 Major linear utilities 4 Society's valuing of heritage 4 Volcanic eruption 4 Marine transport infrastructure 3 Ground water pollution 3 Deliberate destruction of heritage 3 Invasive / alien freshwater species 3 Surface water pollution 2 Storms 2 Earthquake 2 Commercial development 1 Renewable energy facilities 1 Input of excess energy 1 Water (extraction) 1 Water (rain/water table) 1 Civil unrest 1 Drought 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 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.