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 Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia France Georgia Germany Ghana Guinea Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Italy Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Lesotho Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Togo Tunisia Türkiye Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 557 Housing 278 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 183 Illegal activities 181 Ground transport infrastructure 157 Legal framework 149 Land conversion 121 Management activities 110 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 97 Mining 93 Human resources 91 Financial resources 86 Water infrastructure 84 War 82 Governance 74 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 67 Interpretative and visitation facilities 62 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 58 Water (rain/water table) 57 Commercial development 51 Civil unrest 51 Deliberate destruction of heritage 51 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 51 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 44 Other climate change impacts 37 Solid waste 35 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 34 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 34 Marine transport infrastructure 33 Flooding 32 Surface water pollution 31 Forestry /wood production 31 Oil and gas 31 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 27 Fire (widlfires) 26 Major linear utilities 25 Underground transport infrastructure 24 Society's valuing of heritage 23 Renewable energy facilities 19 Storms 19 Earthquake 19 Air transport infrastructure 18 Crop production 18 Commercial hunting 16 Water (extraction) 16 Quarrying 15 Non-renewable energy facilities 14 Air pollution 14 Desertification 13 Relative humidity 12 Changes to oceanic waters 12 Invasive / alien freshwater species 12 High impact research / monitoring activities 12 Industrial areas 10 Ground water pollution 10 Wind 10 Localised utilities 9 Subsistence hunting 8 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 8 Drought 8 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 6 Invasive / alien marine species 6 Input of excess energy 5 Military training 5 Pollution of marine waters 4 Aquaculture 3 Pests 3 Avalanche/ landslide 3 Hyper-abundant species 3 Translocated species 3 Low impact research / monitoring activities 3 Subsistence wild plant collection 2 Terrorism 2 Temperature change 2
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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.