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 Iraq Jamaica Jordan Lesotho Mali Mexico New Zealand North Macedonia Peru South Africa Spain Sweden Türkiye United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 89 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 60 Ground transport infrastructure 28 Illegal activities 23 Governance 20 Legal framework 20 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 19 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 17 Avalanche/ landslide 16 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 15 Forestry /wood production 14 Financial resources 14 Land conversion 13 Housing 12 Crop production 12 Management activities 11 Interpretative and visitation facilities 10 Mining 10 Human resources 10 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 8 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 8 Flooding 8 Solid waste 5 War 5 Marine transport infrastructure 3 Major linear utilities 3 Oil and gas 3 Deliberate destruction of heritage 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Invasive / alien freshwater species 3 Commercial development 2 Ground water pollution 2 Surface water pollution 2 Civil unrest 2 Earthquake 2 Renewable energy facilities 1 Water (extraction) 1 Water (rain/water table) 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Drought 1 Volcanic eruption 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.