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 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 139 Legal framework 67 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 57 Housing 52 Illegal activities 39 Land conversion 33 Ground transport infrastructure 29 Governance 29 Human resources 26 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 25 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 23 Water infrastructure 23 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 22 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 22 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 20 Financial resources 19 Mining 14 Water (rain/water table) 14 Marine transport infrastructure 13 Flooding 13 Commercial development 12 Interpretative and visitation facilities 12 Renewable energy facilities 10 Management activities 10 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 9 Underground transport infrastructure 9 Earthquake 8 Surface water pollution 7 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 7 Major linear utilities 6 Crop production 6 Oil and gas 5 Wind 5 Invasive / alien marine species 5 Air transport infrastructure 4 Commercial hunting 4 Subsistence hunting 4 Water (extraction) 4 Society's valuing of heritage 4 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Storms 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Fire (widlfires) 4 High impact research / monitoring activities 2 Industrial areas 1 Forestry /wood production 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.