Abstract: "Total expenditure (public and private) per capita spent on the preservation, protection and conservation of world heritage" is considered as an indicator to evaluate the sustainable development goals(SDGs) of world heritage by SDG11.4.1. It is in the state of having methods but no data, which needs the support of data and calculation cases. The statistical data of 48 UNESCO sites of China were used to measure and analyze SDG11.4.1, and Landsat images were used to monitor and analyze the human intervention of 4 natural heritage sites in this study. The results are shown as follows. 1) Expenditure per unit area can be used to measure the sustainable development status of natural protected areas (includes world natural heritage, mixed heritage, geopark and biosphere reserve), which is not suitable for the measurement of cultural heritage. 2) The average investment of 4 million yuan per square kilometer per year in natural protected area can be used as the threshold for high-quality development goals, and the average expenditure per square kilometer of 800 000 yuan per year can be used as the threshold for good development status. 3) The degree of human intervention as an extended index can reflect the sustainable protection status and trend of heritages, and can be further applied in similar protected sites in China and other countries.

Key words: multi-source data, SDGs, UNESCO designated sites, human intervention