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World Heritage in Danger

The Danger List flags properties threatened by conflict, development, poaching, climate or neglect, so that the international community can help. 58 properties are on it; the column shows the year each was added (the most recent listing where a site came off and went back on).

Site	Country	In danger since	Inscribed	Type	Criteria
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls	Israel	1982	1981	Cultural	ii iii vi
Chan Chan	Peru	1986	1986	Cultural	i iii
Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve	Niger	1992	1991	Natural	vii ix x
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve	Côte d'Ivoire	1992	1981	Natural	ix x
Virunga National Park	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1994	1979	Natural	vii viii x
Garamba National Park	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1996	1980	Natural	ix x
Kahuzi-Biéga National Park	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1997	1980	Natural	x
Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park	Central African Republic	1997	1988	Natural	ix x
Okapi Wildlife Reserve	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1997	1996	Natural	x
Historic town of Grand-Bassam	Côte d'Ivoire	2000	2012	Cultural	iii iv
Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam	Afghanistan	2002	2002	Cultural	ii iii iv
Assur	Iraq	2003	2003	Cultural	iii iv
Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley	Afghanistan	2003	2003	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi
Coro and its Port	Venezuela	2005	1993	Cultural	iv v
Medieval Monuments in Kosovo	Serbia	2006	2004	Cultural	ii iii iv
Samarra	Iraq	2007	2007	Cultural	ii iii iv
Everglades National Park	United States	2010	1979	Natural	viii ix x
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve	Honduras	2011	1982	Natural	vii viii ix x
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra	Indonesia	2011	2004	Natural	vii ix x
Timbuktu	Mali	2012	1988	Cultural	ii iv v
Tomb of Askia	Mali	2012	2004	Cultural	ii iii iv
fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo	Panama	2012	1980	Cultural	i iv
Ancient City of Aleppo	Syria	2013	1986	Cultural	iii iv
Ancient City of Bosra	Syria	2013	1980	Cultural	i iii vi
Ancient City of Damascus	Syria	2013	1979	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi
Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din	Syria	2013	2006	Cultural	ii iv
Dead Cities	Syria	2013	2011	Cultural	iii iv v
East Rennell	Solomon Islands	2013	1998	Natural	ix
Palmyra	Syria	2013	1980	Cultural	i ii iv
Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir	Palestine	2014	2014	Cultural	iv v
Potosí	Bolivia	2014	1987	Cultural	ii iv vi
Selous Game Reserve	Tanzania	2014	1982	Natural	ix x
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus	India	2015	2004	Cultural	ii iv
Old City of Salamanca	Spain	2015	1988	Cultural	i ii iv
Shibam	Yemen	2015	1982	Cultural	iii iv v
Archaeological Site of Sabratha	Libya	2016	1982	Cultural	iii
Cyrene	Libya	2016	1982	Cultural	ii iii vi
Historic Centre of Bukhara	Uzbekistan	2016	1993	Cultural	ii iv vi
Leptis Magna	Libya	2016	1982	Cultural	i ii iii
Nan Madol	Micronesia	2016	2016	Cultural	i iii iv vi
Old Towns of Djenné	Mali	2016	1988	Cultural	iii iv
Tadrart Acacus	Libya	2016	1985	Cultural	iii
Old City of Hebron	Palestine	2017	2017	Cultural	ii iv vi
Lake Turkana National Parks	Kenya	2018	1997	Natural	viii x
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California	Mexico	2019	2005	Natural	vii ix x
Roșia Montană Mining Landscape	Romania	2021	2021	Cultural	ii iii iv
Historic Centre of Morelia	Mexico	2023	1991	Cultural	ii iv vi
Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra	Ukraine	2023	1990	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba	Yemen	2023	2023	Cultural	iii iv
Old Town of Lviv	Ukraine	2023	1998	Cultural	ii v
Rachid Karami International Fair	Lebanon	2023	2023	Cultural	ii iv
Tell Umm el-'Amr	Palestine	2024	2024	Cultural	ii iii vi
Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora	Russia	2026	2013	Cultural	ii v
Boma-Badingilo Migratory Landscape	South Sudan	2026	2026	Natural	vii ix x
Historic Inner City of Paramaribo	Suriname	2026	2002	Cultural	ii iv
Mount Amel Castles	Lebanon	2026	2026	Cultural	ii iv
Sebastia	Palestine	2026	2026	Cultural	iii
Tyre	Lebanon	2026	1984	Cultural	iii vi

Data: Wikidata (CC0) · danger list as published in 2026 · independent atlas, not affiliated with UNESCO or Petit Futé.