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 France Georgia Germany Greece 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 590 Housing 372 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 211 Ground transport infrastructure 198 Legal framework 149 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 113 Illegal activities 106 Management activities 103 Mining 85 Water infrastructure 71 Surface water pollution 66 Interpretative and visitation facilities 63 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 56 Oil and gas 56 Major linear utilities 52 Marine transport infrastructure 44 Commercial development 40 Renewable energy facilities 40 Forestry /wood production 39 Deliberate destruction of heritage 39 Land conversion 38 Financial resources 34 Storms 29 Solid waste 28 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 27 Underground transport infrastructure 26 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 24 Water (extraction) 23 Governance 23 Civil unrest 21 Fire (widlfires) 21 Earthquake 20 Invasive / alien freshwater species 20 Human resources 20 Quarrying 19 Water (rain/water table) 19 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 18 Input of excess energy 17 Ground water pollution 16 Non-renewable energy facilities 15 Society's valuing of heritage 15 Air pollution 13 High impact research / monitoring activities 13 Localised utilities 12 Pollution of marine waters 12 Other climate change impacts 12 Crop production 11 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 9 Air transport infrastructure 7 Commercial hunting 7 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 6 Micro-organisms 6 Industrial areas 5 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 5 Flooding 5 Temperature change 5 Subsistence hunting 3 Relative humidity 3 Wind 3 War 3 Low impact research / monitoring activities 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Temperature 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 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.