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 Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Lucia Suriname Uruguay Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)Threats
Management systems/ management plan 366 Housing 146 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 129 Legal framework 129 Illegal activities 114 Land conversion 85 Ground transport infrastructure 82 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 71 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 68 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 65 Governance 56 Human resources 56 Water infrastructure 54 Financial resources 54 Water (rain/water table) 44 Management activities 38 Deliberate destruction of heritage 36 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 34 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 31 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 29 Flooding 29 Mining 28 Earthquake 28 Marine transport infrastructure 27 Commercial development 26 Interpretative and visitation facilities 24 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 23 Wind 20 Crop production 19 Avalanche/ landslide 18 Air transport infrastructure 16 Underground transport infrastructure 16 Oil and gas 14 Storms 14 Major linear utilities 13 Renewable energy facilities 13 Surface water pollution 13 Invasive / alien marine species 13 Society's valuing of heritage 10 Civil unrest 10 Fire (widlfires) 10 High impact research / monitoring activities 10 Commercial hunting 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Subsistence hunting 4 Water (extraction) 4 Relative humidity 4 Industrial areas 3 Micro-organisms 3 Temperature 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Other climate change impacts 3 Invasive / alien freshwater species 3 Air pollution 2 Input of excess energy 2 Pollution of marine waters 2 Solid waste 2 Ground water pollution 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Military training 1 Translocated 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.