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 Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Holy See Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Montenegro Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 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 679 Housing 416 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 242 Ground transport infrastructure 218 Legal framework 183 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 121 Illegal activities 114 Management activities 114 Mining 103 Surface water pollution 100 Water infrastructure 99 Oil and gas 68 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 67 Interpretative and visitation facilities 65 Major linear utilities 54 Forestry /wood production 54 Marine transport infrastructure 47 Renewable energy facilities 47 Financial resources 47 Commercial development 44 Deliberate destruction of heritage 41 Storms 41 Land conversion 39 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 35 Water (rain/water table) 34 Solid waste 33 Water (extraction) 32 Governance 30 Earthquake 28 Human resources 27 Underground transport infrastructure 26 Invasive / alien freshwater species 25 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 25 Localised utilities 22 Fire (widlfires) 22 Quarrying 21 Crop production 20 Relative humidity 20 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 20 Civil unrest 20 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 19 Air pollution 18 Input of excess energy 17 Ground water pollution 16 High impact research / monitoring activities 16 Non-renewable energy facilities 15 Pollution of marine waters 15 Society's valuing of heritage 15 Industrial areas 14 Other climate change impacts 14 War 12 Air transport infrastructure 11 Micro-organisms 11 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 10 Commercial hunting 7 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 6 Flooding 6 Temperature 5 Wind 5 Temperature change 5 Low impact research / monitoring activities 4 Subsistence hunting 3 Radiation/light 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 3 Terrorism 3 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Pests 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 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.
