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 Argentina Australia Austria Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Dominica Ecuador Egypt Ethiopia France Gabon Germany Guinea Honduras India Indonesia Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mauritania Mexico Mongolia Montenegro Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Niger North Macedonia Oman Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Switzerland Thailand Tunisia 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 Yemen Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 504 Management systems/ management plan 502 Mining 282 Land conversion 227 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 224 Water infrastructure 218 Ground transport infrastructure 213 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 205 Civil unrest 156 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 142 Financial resources 140 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 136 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 125 Oil and gas 119 Human resources 114 Legal framework 99 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 95 Housing 88 Surface water pollution 78 Governance 78 Forestry /wood production 75 War 73 Fire (widlfires) 65 Major linear utilities 61 Water (extraction) 49 Other climate change impacts 47 Storms 47 Renewable energy facilities 44 Commercial hunting 44 Invasive / alien freshwater species 43 Crop production 42 Drought 33 Marine transport infrastructure 30 Air pollution 29 Non-renewable energy facilities 26 Management activities 26 Subsistence hunting 25 Ground water pollution 24 Solid waste 23 Changes to oceanic waters 23 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 22 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 21 Invasive / alien marine species 21 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 20 Translocated species 18 Temperature change 16 Water (rain/water table) 15 Pollution of marine waters 14 Air transport infrastructure 12 Localised utilities 10 Input of excess energy 10 Industrial areas 8 Quarrying 7 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Commercial development 4 Aquaculture 4 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Military training 4 Hyper-abundant species 4 Subsistence wild plant collection 3 Terrorism 2 Interpretative and visitation facilities 1 Earthquake 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.
