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 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Mexico Panama Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)Threats
Management systems/ management plan 147 Ground transport infrastructure 61 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 52 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 52 Housing 45 Illegal activities 44 Land conversion 39 Financial resources 30 Legal framework 24 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 18 Storms 18 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 17 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 17 Human resources 16 Management activities 16 Commercial development 15 Earthquake 15 Input of excess energy 13 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 13 Water (rain/water table) 12 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 11 Deliberate destruction of heritage 10 Invasive / alien marine species 10 Mining 8 Avalanche/ landslide 8 Marine transport infrastructure 7 Water infrastructure 7 Fire (widlfires) 7 Surface water pollution 6 Civil unrest 6 Other climate change impacts 6 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 6 Localised utilities 5 Major linear utilities 5 Wind 5 Flooding 5 Crop production 4 Oil and gas 4 Governance 4 Industrial areas 3 Air transport infrastructure 3 Underground transport infrastructure 3 Forestry /wood production 3 Interpretative and visitation facilities 2 Relative humidity 2 Volcanic eruption 2 High impact research / monitoring activities 2 Solid waste 1 Commercial hunting 1 Micro-organisms 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Invasive / alien freshwater 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.