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 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 347 Housing 283 Ground transport infrastructure 105 Legal framework 99 Management activities 87 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 84 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 52 Interpretative and visitation facilities 45 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 43 Commercial development 30 Deliberate destruction of heritage 30 Land conversion 25 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 24 Underground transport infrastructure 23 Solid waste 23 Marine transport infrastructure 21 Civil unrest 21 Illegal activities 21 Water infrastructure 18 Governance 17 Renewable energy facilities 15 Society's valuing of heritage 13 Earthquake 13 Mining 11 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 11 Financial resources 11 Input of excess energy 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 Air transport infrastructure 5 Localised utilities 5 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 5 Non-renewable energy facilities 4 Other climate change impacts 4 Storms 4 Major linear utilities 3 Relative humidity 3 War 3 Flooding 3 Low impact research / monitoring activities 3 Pollution of marine waters 2 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Wind 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Water (extraction) 1 Temperature 1 Temperature change 1 Fire (widlfires) 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.