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 423 Housing 160 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 148 Illegal activities 131 Legal framework 131 Ground transport infrastructure 114 Land conversion 105 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 94 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 74 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 71 Financial resources 67 Human resources 61 Water infrastructure 56 Governance 55 Water (rain/water table) 44 Management activities 44 Deliberate destruction of heritage 40 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 39 Earthquake 37 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 36 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 35 Marine transport infrastructure 34 Mining 34 Commercial development 32 Flooding 29 Storms 28 Interpretative and visitation facilities 24 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 24 Wind 22 Invasive / alien marine species 20 Crop production 19 Avalanche/ landslide 18 Major linear utilities 17 Air transport infrastructure 16 Underground transport infrastructure 16 Surface water pollution 16 Fire (widlfires) 15 Oil and gas 14 Civil unrest 14 Renewable energy facilities 13 High impact research / monitoring activities 12 Society's valuing of heritage 10 Input of excess energy 7 Other climate change impacts 7 Localised utilities 5 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 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.
