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 Andorra Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada Croatia Czechia Denmark Estonia France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Malta Montenegro Netherlands (Kingdom of the) North Macedonia 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 459 Housing 283 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 161 Ground transport infrastructure 151 Legal framework 137 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 108 Management activities 83 Illegal activities 81 Mining 62 Water infrastructure 54 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 49 Surface water pollution 44 Oil and gas 44 Interpretative and visitation facilities 41 Land conversion 38 Major linear utilities 35 Commercial development 34 Marine transport infrastructure 34 Renewable energy facilities 31 Deliberate destruction of heritage 25 Solid waste 24 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 24 Governance 24 Underground transport infrastructure 22 Forestry /wood production 22 Civil unrest 20 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 19 Storms 18 Financial resources 18 Fire (widlfires) 17 Water (extraction) 16 Water (rain/water table) 16 Human resources 16 Non-renewable energy facilities 15 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 15 Other climate change impacts 14 Input of excess energy 13 Society's valuing of heritage 13 Earthquake 13 Invasive / alien freshwater species 13 Ground water pollution 12 Quarrying 11 Localised utilities 9 High impact research / monitoring activities 9 Pollution of marine waters 8 Air pollution 7 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Commercial hunting 6 Crop production 6 Micro-organisms 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 5 Low impact research / monitoring activities 4 Subsistence hunting 3 Relative humidity 3 War 3 Flooding 3 Temperature change 3 Wind 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Temperature 1 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 1 Changes to oceanic waters 1 Drought 1 Hyper-abundant species 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.