List of World Heritage in Danger

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UNESCO list heritage register

The List of World Heritage in Danger is an official register maintained by UNESCO that identifies World Heritage Sites threatened by serious and specific dangers such as conflict, natural disasters, neglect, or development pressures.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
World Heritage in Danger 11
UNESCO World Heritage in Danger 2
World Heritage in Danger (past) 1
World Heritage properties in Danger 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO list ⓘ
heritage register ⓘ
appliesTo World Heritage Site ⓘ
criterion serious and specific danger ⓘ
dangerType armed conflict ⓘ
civil unrest ⓘ
climate change impacts ⓘ
dam construction ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
earthquake ⓘ
environmental degradation ⓘ
flood ⓘ
hurricane ⓘ
illegal construction ⓘ
illegal excavation ⓘ
industrial activities ⓘ
infrastructure development pressures ⓘ
lack of conservation ⓘ
large-scale infrastructure projects ⓘ
looting ⓘ
mining ⓘ
natural disaster ⓘ
neglect ⓘ
oil and gas exploration ⓘ
overexploitation of natural resources ⓘ
poaching ⓘ
pollution ⓘ
road construction ⓘ
terrorism ⓘ
tourism pressure ⓘ
uncontrolled urban development ⓘ
unregulated tourism facilities ⓘ
volcanic eruption ⓘ
war ⓘ
establishedBy World Heritage Committee ⓘ
hasEffect can influence national conservation policies ⓘ
can lead to adoption of corrective measures ⓘ
can lead to increased monitoring of sites ⓘ
can trigger international assistance ⓘ
hasLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
hasPurpose encourage corrective measures for at-risk World Heritage Sites ⓘ
identify World Heritage Sites facing serious and specific dangers ⓘ
inform the international community about threats to World Heritage Sites ⓘ
mobilize international support for threatened World Heritage Sites ⓘ
isUpdatedBy decisions of the World Heritage Committee ⓘ
legalBasis UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
surface form: Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage

UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
surface form: World Heritage Convention
maintainedBy UNESCO ⓘ
World Heritage Committee ⓘ
partOf UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
surface form: World Heritage Convention framework
relatedList UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: World Heritage List
updateEvent sessions of the World Heritage Committee ⓘ
updateFrequency annually ⓘ
website https://whc.unesco.org/en/danger ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave → UNESCODesignation → List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage in Danger
Patriarchate of Peć → UNESCOList → List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
Al-Khalil → UNESCOStatus → List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage in Danger
Hebron → UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus → List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage in Danger
Noble Sanctuary → UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus → List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage in Danger
Samarra → UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus → List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage in Danger
Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee → appliesTo → List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage properties in Danger
Salonga National Park → designation → List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage in Danger (past)
UNESCO World Heritage Convention → establishesList → List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
World Heritage Committee → governs → List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
Ashur → heritageDesignation → List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage in Danger
this entity surface form: World Heritage in Danger
Sanaʽa → heritageDesignation → List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
subject surface form: Old City of Sanaʽa
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage in Danger
Samarra → heritageDesignation → List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage in Danger
Dečani Monastery → heritageStatus → List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage in Danger
Hatra → heritageStatus → List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage in Danger
Patriarchate of Peć Monastery → heritageStatus → List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage in Danger
UNESCO World Heritage Site → mayBePlacedOn → List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
Virunga National Park → onList → List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
Gračanica Monastery → protectionStatus → List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage in Danger
UNESCO World Heritage Programme → usesInstrument → List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ