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
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Australia Austria Bahrain Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Ethiopia France Gabon Georgia Germany Guinea Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Italy Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Lebanon Libya Lithuania Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Mauritania Mexico Nepal Niger North Macedonia Pakistan Panama Peru Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Türkiye 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 YemenThreats
Management systems/ management plan 106 Housing 54 Illegal activities 37 Ground transport infrastructure 26 Legal framework 24 Land conversion 23 Management activities 23 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 22 Mining 18 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 16 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 15 War 15 Water infrastructure 13 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 13 Civil unrest 13 Human resources 13 Deliberate destruction of heritage 12 Water (rain/water table) 11 Oil and gas 10 Financial resources 10 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 9 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 7 Marine transport infrastructure 7 Surface water pollution 7 Governance 7 Interpretative and visitation facilities 6 Solid waste 6 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 6 Flooding 6 Fire (widlfires) 6 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 6 Commercial development 5 Storms 5 Underground transport infrastructure 4 Localised utilities 4 Major linear utilities 4 High impact research / monitoring activities 4 Industrial areas 3 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Ground water pollution 3 Forestry /wood production 3 Other climate change impacts 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Commercial hunting 2 Crop production 2 Subsistence hunting 2 Water (extraction) 2 Wind 2 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 2 Changes to oceanic waters 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Earthquake 2 Invasive / alien marine species 2 Input of excess energy 1 Pollution of marine waters 1 Quarrying 1 Micro-organisms 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Desertification 1 Drought 1 Temperature change 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 1 Translocated 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.