LIST OF ENDANGERED UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES

Introduction

• The List of World Heritage in Danger is compiled by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) through the World Heritage Committee according to Article 11.4 of the World Heritage Convention, which was established in 1972 to designate and manage World Heritage Sites.
• The list is intended to increase international awareness of the threats and to encourage counteractive measures.
• Threats to a site can be either proven imminent threats or potential dangers that could have adverse effects on a site.
• Armed conflict and war, earthquakes and other natural disasters, pollution, poaching, uncontrolled urbanization and unchecked tourist development pose major problems to World Heritage sites.
• Dangers can be ‘ascertained’, referring to specific and proven imminent threats, or ‘potential’, when a property is faced with threats which could have negative effects on its World Heritage values.
• Note: No Heritage Site in India is listed in the Endangered List.
• 52 properties in 26 countries which the World Heritage Committee has decided to include on the List of World Heritage in danger are as follows:

Afghanistan

1. Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley (2003)
2. Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam (2002)

Austria

1. Historic Centre of Vienna (2017)

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

1. City of Potosí (2014)

Central African Republic

1. Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (1997)

Côte d'Ivoire

1. Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (1992) *

Democratic Republic of the Congo

1. Garamba National Park (1996)
2. Kahuzi-Biega National Park (1997)
3. Okapi Wildlife Reserve (1997)
4. Virunga National Park (1994)

Egypt

1. Abu Mena (2001)

Guinea

1. Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (1992) *

Honduras

1. Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (2011)

Indonesia

• Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (2011)

Iraq

1. Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) (2003)
2. Hatra (2015)
3. Samarra Archaeological City (2007)

Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan)

1. Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (1982)

Kenya

1. Lake Turkana National Parks (2018)

Libya

1. Archaeological Site of Cyrene (2016)
2. Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna (2016)
3. Archaeological Site of Sabratha (2016)
4. Old Town of Ghadamès (2016)
5. Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus (2016)

Madagascar

1. Rainforests of the Atsinanana (2010)

Mali

1. Old Towns of Djenné (2016)
2. Timbuktu (2012)
3. Tomb of Askia (2012)

Mexico

• Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (2019)

Micronesia (Federated States of)

1. Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia (2016)

 

Niger

1. Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (1992)

Palestine

1. Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town (2017)
2. Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir (2014)

Panama

1. Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo (2012)

Peru

1. Chan Chan Archaeological Zone (1986)

Romania

2. Roșia Montană Mining Landscape (2021)

Senegal

1. Niokolo-Koba National Park (2007)

Serbia

1. Medieval Monuments in Kosovo (2006)

Solomon Islands

1. East Rennell (2013)

Syrian Arab Republic

1. Ancient City of Aleppo (2013)
2. Ancient City of Bosra (2013)
3. Ancient City of Damascus (2013)
4. Ancient Villages of Northern Syria (2013)
5. Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din (2013)
6. Site of Palmyra (2013)

Uganda

1. Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi (2010)

United Republic of Tanzania

1. Selous Game Reserve (2014)

United States of America

1. Everglades National Park (2010)

Uzbekistan

1. Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz (2016)

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

1. Coro and its Port (2005)

Yemen

2. Historic Town of Zabid (2000)
3. Old City of Sana'a (2015)
4. Old Walled City of Shibam (2015)