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 447 Housing 166 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 159 Illegal activities 135 Legal framework 133 Ground transport infrastructure 120 Land conversion 110 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 103 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 76 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 74 Financial resources 72 Human resources 63 Water infrastructure 57 Governance 55 Management activities 49 Water (rain/water table) 45 Deliberate destruction of heritage 42 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 40 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 39 Earthquake 39 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 37 Commercial development 34 Marine transport infrastructure 34 Mining 34 Flooding 29 Storms 29 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 25 Interpretative and visitation facilities 24 Wind 23 Invasive / alien marine species 21 Crop production 19 Avalanche/ landslide 19 Major linear utilities 17 Surface water pollution 17 Air transport infrastructure 16 Underground transport infrastructure 16 Oil and gas 15 Fire (widlfires) 15 Civil unrest 14 Renewable energy facilities 13 High impact research / monitoring activities 12 Input of excess energy 11 Society's valuing of heritage 10 Other climate change impacts 7 Forestry /wood production 6 Localised utilities 5 Commercial hunting 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
* :
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.
