State of Conservation
35
Reports
35
Properties concerned
16
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start:
2023close
Date end:2023close
Region:
Latin America and the Caribbeanclose
| States Parties: |
 Mexico
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| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Governance Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 Panama
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| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Financial resources Ground transport infrastructure Housing Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Legal framework |
| Other Threats: | Severe deterioration of historic buildings ; Demolition of urban ensembles and buildings |
| States Parties: |
 Costa Rica
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| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Commercial hunting Crop production Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining Renewable energy facilities Subsistence hunting Water (extraction) |
| Other Threats: | Fires (intentional and accidental) |
| States Parties: |
 Brazil
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| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Housing Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
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| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Conflicts between the Pemons communities and the National Guard; Need to finalize the boundaries of the area |
| States Parties: |
 Peru
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| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
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| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add |
| Threats*: | Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) |
| Other Threats: | Continuous deterioration of earthen architecture structures and decorated surfaces from lack of conservation and maintenance practices |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Chile
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| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Commercial development Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Insufficient delimitation of boundaries |
| States Parties: |
 Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
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| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
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| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add |
| Threats*: | Legal framework Mining Surface water pollution |
| Other Threats: | Instability and risk of collapse of the Cerro Rico; Deficiencies in conservation; Environmental impacts on the hydraulic complex |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Ecuador
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| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Housing Management systems/ management plan Underground transport infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
Panama
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| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
 Dominican Republic
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Earthquake Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Interpretative and visitation facilities Land conversion Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Society's valuing of heritage Storms Underground transport infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
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| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
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| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add |
| Threats*: | Flooding Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table) |
| Other Threats: | Serious deterioration of materials and structure |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Mexico
|
| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2 |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species |
| Other Threats: | • Necessity to save the Sonoran Pronghorn from possible extinction • Environmental concerns in security efforts along the international border |
| States Parties: |
Panama
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| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
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| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Lack of established boundaries and buffer zones |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Ecuador
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Governance Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
Peru
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| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 Suriname
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| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
Chile
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Commercial development Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
Peru
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| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Avalanche/ landslide Flooding Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
Peru
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Ground transport infrastructure Housing Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
Brazil
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Governance Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
Mexico
|
| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Illegal activities |
| Other Threats: | Serious concerns over the conservation status of two species, vaquita (porpoise species) and totoaba (marine fish) |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Mexico
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Mining |
| Other Threats: | Decline in the overwintering population of Monarch butterflies in the property |
| States Parties: |
 Haiti
|
| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Earthquake Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
Brazil
|
| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Fire (widlfires) |
| Other Threats: |
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| States Parties: |
 Saint Lucia
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| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Renewable energy facilities |
| States Parties: |
 Colombia
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Commercial development Governance Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
Costa Rica
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Air transport infrastructure Financial resources Governance Housing Human resources Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
 Argentina Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Chile Colombia Ecuador Peru
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
Argentina
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Crop production Flooding Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
 Honduras
|
| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add |
| Threats*: | Financial resources Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
| Other Threats: | Overlap with important archaeological sites implying a need to harmonize management of cultural and natural heritage |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Chile
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Governance Housing Industrial areas Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | General maintenance, including for unprotected archaeological remains on the surface |
| States Parties: |
Costa Rica Panama
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure |
| Other Threats: | Lack of a long-term biological monitoring program |
| States Parties: |
Argentina
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2 |
| Threats*: | Governance Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Governance Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
States Parties
Argentina 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 26 Housing 13 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 13 Legal framework 13 Governance 8 Ground transport infrastructure 7 Illegal activities 7 Land conversion 5 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 5 Human resources 5 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 4 Water infrastructure 4 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 4 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 4 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 4 Financial resources 4 Commercial development 3 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3 Marine transport infrastructure 3 Mining 3 Flooding 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Underground transport infrastructure 2 Major linear utilities 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Crop production 2 Water (rain/water table) 2 Earthquake 2 Management activities 2 Industrial areas 1 Air transport infrastructure 1 Surface water pollution 1 Commercial hunting 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Water (extraction) 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Storms 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Fire (widlfires) 1
* :
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.
