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 80 Legal framework 40 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 35 Housing 34 Illegal activities 24 Ground transport infrastructure 18 Land conversion 18 Governance 18 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 16 Human resources 15 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 13 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 13 Water infrastructure 12 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 12 Financial resources 12 Commercial development 10 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 9 Marine transport infrastructure 9 Mining 9 Flooding 9 Water (rain/water table) 8 Management activities 8 Interpretative and visitation facilities 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 6 Major linear utilities 5 Renewable energy facilities 5 Crop production 5 Underground transport infrastructure 4 Surface water pollution 4 Earthquake 4 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 4 Commercial hunting 3 Subsistence hunting 3 Water (extraction) 3 Avalanche/ landslide 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Oil and gas 2 Wind 2 Society's valuing of heritage 2 Deliberate destruction of heritage 2 Storms 2 Invasive / alien marine species 2 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.