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 Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada Croatia Czechia Denmark France Germany Hungary Italy Montenegro Netherlands (Kingdom of the) North Macedonia Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Slovakia Slovenia Spain Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of AmericaThreats
Management systems/ management plan 180 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 103 Surface water pollution 89 Mining 87 Illegal activities 85 Ground transport infrastructure 73 Water infrastructure 72 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 55 Oil and gas 53 Housing 50 Legal framework 49 Forestry /wood production 48 Major linear utilities 45 Water (extraction) 31 Renewable energy facilities 29 Storms 24 Invasive / alien freshwater species 24 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 24 Crop production 20 Fire (widlfires) 18 Financial resources 18 Ground water pollution 16 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 15 Industrial areas 14 Air pollution 13 Pollution of marine waters 13 Marine transport infrastructure 12 Localised utilities 12 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 11 Land conversion 11 Human resources 11 Non-renewable energy facilities 10 Water (rain/water table) 9 Quarrying 8 Commercial development 7 Commercial hunting 7 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Other climate change impacts 7 Interpretative and visitation facilities 6 Input of excess energy 6 War 5 Governance 5 Solid waste 4 Temperature change 4 Management activities 4 Subsistence hunting 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 2 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Changes to oceanic waters 1 Drought 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 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.
