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 Bangladesh China India Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Malaysia Mongolia Nepal New Zealand Philippines Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Thailand Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 173 Illegal activities 124 Ground transport infrastructure 77 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 77 Water infrastructure 68 Mining 68 Land conversion 59 Financial resources 56 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 48 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 44 Civil unrest 37 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 36 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 36 Human resources 35 Storms 28 Other climate change impacts 27 Governance 23 Forestry /wood production 22 Changes to oceanic waters 22 Water (extraction) 21 Marine transport infrastructure 20 Housing 19 Crop production 18 Non-renewable energy facilities 15 Surface water pollution 15 Legal framework 15 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 14 Temperature change 13 Commercial hunting 12 Fire (widlfires) 12 Invasive / alien freshwater species 12 Ground water pollution 10 Air pollution 9 Industrial areas 8 Air transport infrastructure 8 Renewable energy facilities 7 Oil and gas 7 Major linear utilities 6 Solid waste 6 Pollution of marine waters 5 Aquaculture 4 Subsistence wild plant collection 4 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 4 Military training 4 Flooding 4 Hyper-abundant species 4 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Quarrying 3 Drought 3 Management activities 2 Commercial development 1 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Earthquake 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 1 Invasive / alien marine species 1 High impact research / monitoring activities 1
* :
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.
