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 Sweden Türkiye United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 131 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 69 Ground transport infrastructure 48 Forestry /wood production 24 Illegal activities 24 Legal framework 24 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 23 Governance 22 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 20 Mining 19 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 18 Financial resources 18 Crop production 16 Land conversion 16 Avalanche/ landslide 16 Management activities 16 Housing 15 Interpretative and visitation facilities 13 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 11 Human resources 10 Fire (widlfires) 9 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 8 Flooding 8 Solid waste 6 Oil and gas 6 Water infrastructure 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 Civil unrest 2 Storms 2 Earthquake 2 Commercial development 1 Air transport infrastructure 1 Renewable energy facilities 1 Input of excess energy 1 Water (extraction) 1 Water (rain/water table) 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.