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 Mexico Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Lucia Suriname Uruguay Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)Threats
Management systems/ management plan 324 Housing 120 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 108 Illegal activities 103 Ground transport infrastructure 99 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 89 Land conversion 82 Legal framework 72 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 54 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 54 Financial resources 54 Management activities 40 Deliberate destruction of heritage 38 Human resources 38 Water infrastructure 37 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 34 Water (rain/water table) 34 Earthquake 33 Governance 27 Storms 26 Commercial development 23 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 22 Marine transport infrastructure 21 Mining 21 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 19 Wind 18 Flooding 18 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 17 Avalanche/ landslide 17 Invasive / alien marine species 16 Civil unrest 14 Input of excess energy 13 Crop production 13 Oil and gas 13 Interpretative and visitation facilities 12 Air transport infrastructure 12 Major linear utilities 12 Surface water pollution 11 Fire (widlfires) 11 High impact research / monitoring activities 10 Underground transport infrastructure 7 Other climate change impacts 7 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Localised utilities 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Relative humidity 4 Industrial areas 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Solid waste 3 Micro-organisms 3 Temperature 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Invasive / alien freshwater species 3 Air pollution 2 Pollution of marine waters 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Ground water pollution 1 Commercial hunting 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Military training 1 Translocated species 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.
