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 Algeria Argentina Australia Bangladesh Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Canada Central African Republic China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Ethiopia Finland France Germany Greece Guatemala Guinea Haiti Holy See Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Italy Japan Jordan Lebanon Libya Lithuania Madagascar Malawi Mali Malta Mauritania Mexico Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Nepal New Zealand Niger Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Peru Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Senegal Serbia Seychelles Slovenia Spain Sri Lanka Syrian Arab Republic Tunisia Türkiye Uganda United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Viet Nam Yemen Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 153 Illegal activities 74 Ground transport infrastructure 56 Housing 49 Water infrastructure 44 Financial resources 43 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 42 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 41 Water (rain/water table) 34 Legal framework 33 Management activities 31 Mining 28 Land conversion 27 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 20 Human resources 19 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 17 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 17 Civil unrest 17 Surface water pollution 15 War 15 Relative humidity 14 Storms 14 Crop production 13 Earthquake 13 Water (extraction) 12 Localised utilities 11 Air pollution 11 Forestry /wood production 11 Oil and gas 9 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 9 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 8 Commercial development 7 Solid waste 7 Deliberate destruction of heritage 7 Flooding 7 Avalanche/ landslide 7 Input of excess energy 6 Wind 6 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 6 Industrial areas 5 Air transport infrastructure 5 Major linear utilities 5 Micro-organisms 5 Temperature 5 Governance 5 Subsistence hunting 4 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3 Pollution of marine waters 3 Quarrying 3 Radiation/light 3 Terrorism 3 Desertification 3 Marine transport infrastructure 2 Invasive / alien marine species 2 Renewable energy facilities 1 Pests 1 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 1 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 1 Fire (widlfires) 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 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.