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 Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Panama Peru Saint Lucia Suriname Uruguay Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)Threats
Management systems/ management plan 231 Legal framework 98 Housing 90 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 86 Illegal activities 62 Land conversion 54 Ground transport infrastructure 48 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 45 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 44 Governance 40 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 38 Water infrastructure 35 Human resources 35 Financial resources 29 Water (rain/water table) 26 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 23 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 23 Marine transport infrastructure 22 Flooding 21 Management activities 20 Mining 19 Commercial development 18 Interpretative and visitation facilities 18 Deliberate destruction of heritage 17 Earthquake 15 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 13 Underground transport infrastructure 13 Renewable energy facilities 13 Major linear utilities 11 Surface water pollution 11 Oil and gas 11 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 11 Wind 10 Invasive / alien marine species 10 Air transport infrastructure 9 Storms 8 Avalanche/ landslide 8 Crop production 7 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Fire (widlfires) 7 High impact research / monitoring activities 7 Civil unrest 5 Commercial hunting 4 Subsistence hunting 4 Water (extraction) 4 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Industrial areas 1 Pollution of marine waters 1 Forestry /wood production 1 Other climate change impacts 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.