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 Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Holy See Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Montenegro Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Serbia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland Türkiye Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of AmericaThreats
Management systems/ management plan 462 Housing 357 Ground transport infrastructure 132 Legal framework 130 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 117 Management activities 110 Interpretative and visitation facilities 59 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 56 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 55 Deliberate destruction of heritage 41 Commercial development 37 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 34 Marine transport infrastructure 31 Solid waste 29 Financial resources 28 Land conversion 27 Underground transport infrastructure 26 Earthquake 26 Water (rain/water table) 25 Illegal activities 25 Governance 24 Water infrastructure 23 Relative humidity 20 Civil unrest 20 Renewable energy facilities 16 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 16 Storms 16 High impact research / monitoring activities 16 Society's valuing of heritage 15 Human resources 15 Mining 14 Quarrying 13 Input of excess energy 11 Oil and gas 11 Micro-organisms 11 Localised utilities 10 Air transport infrastructure 9 Surface water pollution 9 Major linear utilities 7 War 7 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 6 Flooding 6 Air pollution 5 Temperature 5 Wind 5 Other climate change impacts 5 Non-renewable energy facilities 4 Low impact research / monitoring activities 4 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 3 Radiation/light 3 Terrorism 3 Pollution of marine waters 2 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Water (extraction) 1 Pests 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.