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 206 Legal framework 90 Housing 80 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 79 Illegal activities 55 Land conversion 48 Ground transport infrastructure 43 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 39 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 37 Governance 37 Human resources 34 Water infrastructure 33 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 33 Financial resources 27 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 23 Water (rain/water table) 23 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 22 Marine transport infrastructure 21 Flooding 20 Commercial development 17 Mining 17 Management activities 17 Interpretative and visitation facilities 16 Renewable energy facilities 13 Earthquake 13 Underground transport infrastructure 12 Deliberate destruction of heritage 12 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 10 Major linear utilities 10 Surface water pollution 10 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 10 Oil and gas 9 Wind 9 Invasive / alien marine species 9 Air transport infrastructure 7 Avalanche/ landslide 7 Crop production 6 Storms 6 Fire (widlfires) 6 High impact research / monitoring activities 6 Society's valuing of heritage 5 Commercial hunting 4 Subsistence hunting 4 Water (extraction) 4 Civil unrest 4 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Industrial areas 1 Forestry /wood production 1 Other climate change impacts 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.