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 Croatia Czechia Denmark Estonia France Georgia Germany Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Malta Montenegro Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Serbia Slovakia Spain Switzerland Türkiye Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of AmericaThreats
Management systems/ management plan 321 Housing 254 Legal framework 98 Ground transport infrastructure 97 Management activities 81 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 76 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 49 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 42 Interpretative and visitation facilities 40 Commercial development 30 Land conversion 26 Deliberate destruction of heritage 25 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 24 Underground transport infrastructure 22 Solid waste 21 Marine transport infrastructure 20 Civil unrest 20 Illegal activities 18 Governance 18 Water infrastructure 17 Renewable energy facilities 16 Society's valuing of heritage 13 Mining 11 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 11 Earthquake 11 Input of excess energy 10 Financial resources 10 High impact research / monitoring activities 9 Quarrying 8 Water (rain/water table) 8 Surface water pollution 7 Oil and gas 7 Human resources 7 Micro-organisms 6 Localised utilities 5 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 5 Other climate change impacts 5 Air transport infrastructure 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 4 Storms 4 Low impact research / monitoring activities 4 Major linear utilities 3 Relative humidity 3 War 3 Flooding 3 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Wind 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Water (extraction) 1 Temperature 1 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 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.