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 Belarus Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Colombia Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ecuador Ethiopia Guinea Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Kenya Mexico New Zealand Niger Oman Peru Poland Romania Russian Federation Senegal Slovakia Spain Sri Lanka Thailand Tunisia Uganda United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of America Viet Nam Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 25 Management systems/ management plan 24 Ground transport infrastructure 14 Mining 12 Land conversion 9 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 9 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 8 Financial resources 8 Surface water pollution 6 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 6 Civil unrest 6 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Housing 4 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 4 Water infrastructure 3 Oil and gas 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Legal framework 3 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 2 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Marine transport infrastructure 2 Major linear utilities 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Crop production 2 Water (extraction) 2 War 2 Storms 2 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Human resources 2 Industrial areas 1 Interpretative and visitation facilities 1 Air pollution 1 Ground water pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Commercial hunting 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Quarrying 1 Water (rain/water table) 1 Flooding 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Invasive / alien marine 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.