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
Albania Andorra Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Malta Montenegro Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Serbia Slovakia Spain Switzerland Türkiye Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of AmericaThreats
Management systems/ management plan 363 Housing 307 Ground transport infrastructure 113 Legal framework 104 Management activities 92 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 91 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 51 Interpretative and visitation facilities 48 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 43 Deliberate destruction of heritage 35 Commercial development 31 Land conversion 26 Solid waste 25 Illegal activities 25 Marine transport infrastructure 24 Underground transport infrastructure 24 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 24 Civil unrest 20 Water infrastructure 19 Governance 18 Renewable energy facilities 16 Society's valuing of heritage 15 Earthquake 14 Financial resources 13 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 12 Input of excess energy 11 Mining 11 High impact research / monitoring activities 11 Water (rain/water table) 9 Oil and gas 8 Quarrying 8 Human resources 8 Surface water pollution 7 Localised utilities 6 Micro-organisms 6 Major linear utilities 5 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 5 Other climate change impacts 5 Storms 5 Air transport infrastructure 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 4 Flooding 4 Low impact research / monitoring activities 4 Relative humidity 3 Wind 3 War 3 Pollution of marine waters 2 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Water (extraction) 1 Temperature 1 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 1 Temperature change 1 Fire (widlfires) 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.