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
Australia Bangladesh Cambodia China India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Japan Lao People's Democratic Republic Malaysia Nepal New Zealand Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Sri Lanka Thailand Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 146 Management activities 58 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 50 Ground transport infrastructure 43 Illegal activities 41 Housing 39 Land conversion 30 Mining 23 Legal framework 23 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 22 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 16 Civil unrest 14 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 14 Human resources 14 Water infrastructure 13 Interpretative and visitation facilities 12 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 12 Water (rain/water table) 12 Financial resources 12 Relative humidity 11 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 11 Deliberate destruction of heritage 11 Forestry /wood production 10 Marine transport infrastructure 9 Water (extraction) 9 Fire (widlfires) 9 Flooding 8 Major linear utilities 7 Storms 7 Air pollution 6 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 6 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Localised utilities 4 Oil and gas 4 Quarrying 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Volcanic eruption 4 Solid waste 3 Ground water pollution 2 Surface water pollution 2 Crop production 2 Other climate change impacts 2 Earthquake 2 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 2 Commercial development 1 Air transport infrastructure 1 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Terrorism 1
* :
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.