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 193 Legal framework 90 Housing 74 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 74 Illegal activities 52 Land conversion 47 Ground transport infrastructure 39 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 36 Governance 35 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 32 Human resources 32 Water infrastructure 30 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 30 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 24 Financial resources 24 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 23 Water (rain/water table) 22 Commercial development 18 Marine transport infrastructure 18 Flooding 18 Mining 17 Management activities 17 Interpretative and visitation facilities 16 Renewable energy facilities 13 Underground transport infrastructure 12 Earthquake 12 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 10 Surface water pollution 10 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 10 Major linear utilities 9 Oil and gas 8 Wind 8 Deliberate destruction of heritage 8 Invasive / alien marine species 8 Air transport infrastructure 6 Crop production 6 Storms 6 Avalanche/ landslide 6 Fire (widlfires) 6 High impact research / monitoring activities 5 Commercial hunting 4 Subsistence hunting 4 Water (extraction) 4 Society's valuing of heritage 4 Civil unrest 3 Industrial areas 1 Forestry /wood production 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Invasive / alien freshwater 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.