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 Bangladesh Cambodia China India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Japan Lao People's Democratic Republic Nepal Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Sri Lanka Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Viet NamThreats
Management systems/ management plan 124 Management activities 63 Housing 55 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 43 Ground transport infrastructure 33 Legal framework 33 Water (rain/water table) 23 Illegal activities 23 Human resources 21 Financial resources 17 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 16 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 16 Deliberate destruction of heritage 16 Commercial development 15 Land conversion 15 Relative humidity 15 Interpretative and visitation facilities 12 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 8 Air pollution 7 Storms 7 Major linear utilities 6 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 5 Flooding 5 Avalanche/ landslide 5 Localised utilities 4 Quarrying 4 Earthquake 4 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 4 Water infrastructure 3 Civil unrest 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 2 Industrial areas 1 Air transport infrastructure 1 Input of excess energy 1 Mining 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Terrorism 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Fire (widlfires) 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.