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 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Bulgaria Canada Croatia Cyprus Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Holy See Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Montenegro North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Türkiye Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of AmericaThreats
Management systems/ management plan 176 Housing 100 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 66 Ground transport infrastructure 52 Surface water pollution 50 Legal framework 43 Water infrastructure 40 Mining 34 Financial resources 28 Forestry /wood production 27 Management activities 25 Oil and gas 22 Illegal activities 22 Storms 22 Interpretative and visitation facilities 19 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 19 Water (rain/water table) 18 Relative humidity 17 Water (extraction) 16 Major linear utilities 15 Industrial areas 14 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 14 Renewable energy facilities 13 Crop production 13 Earthquake 13 Marine transport infrastructure 12 Localised utilities 12 Deliberate destruction of heritage 11 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 11 Human resources 11 Invasive / alien freshwater species 10 Commercial development 9 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 9 Quarrying 9 War 9 Air pollution 8 Solid waste 7 High impact research / monitoring activities 7 Air transport infrastructure 6 Governance 6 Micro-organisms 5 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 5 Pollution of marine waters 4 Temperature 4 Underground transport infrastructure 3 Radiation/light 3 Wind 3 Terrorism 3 Flooding 3 Ground water pollution 2 Input of excess energy 2 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Society's valuing of heritage 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 2 Commercial hunting 1 Land conversion 1 Pests 1 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Temperature change 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.