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
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Argentina Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji France Georgia Germany Ghana Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Ireland Italy Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Libya Lithuania Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Niger Nigeria Oman Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Slovakia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Suriname Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Togo Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam YemenThreats
Management systems/ management plan 1274 Housing 873 Management activities 364 Legal framework 297 Ground transport infrastructure 286 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 271 Deliberate destruction of heritage 191 Land conversion 187 Illegal activities 186 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 169 War 163 Human resources 163 Interpretative and visitation facilities 151 Water (rain/water table) 149 Financial resources 133 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 126 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 112 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 111 Commercial development 105 Solid waste 86 Flooding 86 Marine transport infrastructure 83 Governance 82 Civil unrest 80 Underground transport infrastructure 69 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 64 Earthquake 62 Water infrastructure 55 Surface water pollution 47 Mining 47 Society's valuing of heritage 43 High impact research / monitoring activities 42 Air transport infrastructure 35 Wind 33 Relative humidity 31 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 28 Industrial areas 27 Quarrying 26 Crop production 24 Other climate change impacts 23 Localised utilities 22 Desertification 19 Storms 16 Renewable energy facilities 15 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 14 Major linear utilities 13 Fire (widlfires) 12 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 12 Oil and gas 11 Air pollution 10 Ground water pollution 10 Input of excess energy 10 Micro-organisms 8 Non-renewable energy facilities 7 Forestry /wood production 5 Water (extraction) 5 Low impact research / monitoring activities 5 Pests 4 Temperature 4 Changes to oceanic waters 4 Military training 3 Pollution of marine waters 2 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Subsistence hunting 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 1 Volcanic eruption 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.