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
Belarus Benin Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ecuador Ethiopia Guinea Honduras India Indonesia Italy Kenya Mauritania Mexico Nepal Niger Panama Philippines Poland Russian Federation Senegal Solomon Islands South Africa Tunisia Uganda United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of America Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 32 Illegal activities 22 Financial resources 13 Land conversion 12 Ground transport infrastructure 11 Human resources 11 Mining 9 Civil unrest 9 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 8 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 8 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 7 Legal framework 7 Forestry /wood production 6 Water infrastructure 4 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4 Subsistence hunting 4 Oil and gas 4 Invasive / alien freshwater species 4 Housing 3 Major linear utilities 3 Surface water pollution 3 Commercial hunting 3 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 3 War 2 Commercial development 1 Industrial areas 1 Interpretative and visitation facilities 1 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 1 Air transport infrastructure 1 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Renewable energy facilities 1 Air pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Crop production 1 Quarrying 1 Water (extraction) 1 Water (rain/water table) 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Fire (widlfires) 1 Volcanic eruption 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.