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
Argentina Barbados Belize Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Lucia Suriname Uruguay Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)Threats
Management systems/ management plan 406 Housing 156 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 144 Legal framework 128 Illegal activities 125 Ground transport infrastructure 103 Land conversion 96 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 85 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 73 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 68 Financial resources 63 Human resources 59 Water infrastructure 56 Governance 55 Water (rain/water table) 44 Management activities 41 Deliberate destruction of heritage 39 Earthquake 37 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 36 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 36 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 32 Mining 32 Marine transport infrastructure 31 Commercial development 30 Flooding 29 Storms 28 Interpretative and visitation facilities 24 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 24 Wind 22 Crop production 19 Avalanche/ landslide 18 Invasive / alien marine species 17 Air transport infrastructure 16 Underground transport infrastructure 16 Major linear utilities 16 Surface water pollution 14 Oil and gas 14 Civil unrest 14 Fire (widlfires) 14 Renewable energy facilities 13 High impact research / monitoring activities 12 Society's valuing of heritage 10 Other climate change impacts 7 Input of excess energy 6 Commercial hunting 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Industrial areas 4 Subsistence hunting 4 Water (extraction) 4 Relative humidity 4 Micro-organisms 3 Temperature 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Invasive / alien freshwater species 3 Localised utilities 2 Air pollution 2 Pollution of marine waters 2 Solid waste 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Ground water pollution 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Military training 1 Translocated 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.
