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 Dominican Republic Ecuador Haiti Honduras Mexico Panama Peru Saint Lucia Suriname Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)Threats
Management systems/ management plan 101 Legal framework 48 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 44 Housing 40 Illegal activities 28 Governance 24 Ground transport infrastructure 22 Land conversion 22 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 19 Human resources 18 Water infrastructure 16 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 16 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 15 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 14 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 14 Financial resources 14 Commercial development 10 Marine transport infrastructure 10 Mining 10 Water (rain/water table) 10 Flooding 10 Interpretative and visitation facilities 9 Management activities 8 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 7 Underground transport infrastructure 6 Renewable energy facilities 6 Earthquake 6 Major linear utilities 5 Surface water pollution 5 Crop production 5 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 5 Air transport infrastructure 3 Commercial hunting 3 Subsistence hunting 3 Oil and gas 3 Water (extraction) 3 Wind 3 Society's valuing of heritage 3 Deliberate destruction of heritage 3 Storms 3 Avalanche/ landslide 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Invasive / alien marine species 3 Industrial areas 1 High impact research / monitoring activities 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.