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 Brazil Cameroon Canada Central African Republic China Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ecuador Ethiopia Guinea Honduras India Indonesia Italy Mauritania Montenegro Nepal Niger Oman Philippines Poland Romania Russian Federation Senegal South Africa Tunisia Uganda United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Viet Nam Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Illegal activities 25 Management systems/ management plan 21 Mining 13 Civil unrest 10 Ground transport infrastructure 9 Land conversion 9 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 9 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 9 Financial resources 9 Water infrastructure 8 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 8 Human resources 8 Crop production 7 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 6 Housing 5 War 5 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 4 Surface water pollution 4 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4 Forestry /wood production 4 Air pollution 3 Oil and gas 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Invasive / alien freshwater species 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Major linear utilities 2 Input of excess energy 2 Water (extraction) 2 Drought 2 Governance 2 Management activities 2 Industrial areas 1 Air transport infrastructure 1 Renewable energy facilities 1 Ground water pollution 1 Commercial hunting 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Quarrying 1 Water (rain/water table) 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Storms 1 Temperature change 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Translocated 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.