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 Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Panama Peru Saint Lucia Suriname Uruguay Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)Threats
Management systems/ management plan 238 Legal framework 103 Housing 92 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 88 Illegal activities 65 Land conversion 56 Ground transport infrastructure 50 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 47 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 44 Governance 41 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 39 Water infrastructure 36 Human resources 36 Financial resources 30 Water (rain/water table) 28 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 25 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 24 Marine transport infrastructure 22 Flooding 22 Management activities 21 Mining 20 Commercial development 19 Interpretative and visitation facilities 18 Deliberate destruction of heritage 17 Earthquake 15 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 14 Underground transport infrastructure 13 Renewable energy facilities 13 Surface water pollution 12 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 12 Major linear utilities 11 Oil and gas 11 Wind 10 Invasive / alien marine species 10 Air transport infrastructure 9 Storms 8 Avalanche/ landslide 8 Crop production 7 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Fire (widlfires) 7 High impact research / monitoring activities 7 Civil unrest 5 Commercial hunting 4 Subsistence hunting 4 Water (extraction) 4 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Industrial areas 1 Pollution of marine waters 1 Forestry /wood production 1 Other climate change impacts 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.