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 Saint Lucia Uruguay Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)Threats
Management systems/ management plan 169 Ground transport infrastructure 68 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 59 Illegal activities 57 Housing 56 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 55 Land conversion 45 Financial resources 34 Legal framework 28 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 22 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 22 Human resources 22 Storms 20 Earthquake 20 Management activities 20 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 19 Water (rain/water table) 16 Commercial development 15 Deliberate destruction of heritage 14 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 14 Water infrastructure 13 Input of excess energy 13 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 13 Mining 11 Avalanche/ landslide 10 Invasive / alien marine species 10 Crop production 9 Wind 9 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 9 Marine transport infrastructure 7 Flooding 7 Fire (widlfires) 7 Major linear utilities 6 Surface water pollution 6 Civil unrest 6 Other climate change impacts 6 Governance 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Localised utilities 5 Oil and gas 5 Interpretative and visitation facilities 4 Industrial areas 3 Underground transport infrastructure 3 Solid waste 3 Forestry /wood production 3 Relative humidity 3 Micro-organisms 2 Temperature 2 Volcanic eruption 2 High impact research / monitoring activities 2 Pollution of marine waters 1 Commercial hunting 1 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Military training 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.