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 173 Legal framework 80 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 68 Housing 64 Illegal activities 49 Land conversion 42 Ground transport infrastructure 35 Governance 33 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 32 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 29 Human resources 29 Water infrastructure 28 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 25 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 23 Financial resources 23 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 22 Water (rain/water table) 19 Commercial development 16 Marine transport infrastructure 16 Mining 16 Flooding 16 Management activities 15 Interpretative and visitation facilities 14 Renewable energy facilities 13 Underground transport infrastructure 11 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 10 Earthquake 10 Surface water pollution 9 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 9 Major linear utilities 8 Oil and gas 7 Wind 7 Invasive / alien marine species 7 Crop production 6 Deliberate destruction of heritage 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Storms 5 Avalanche/ landslide 5 Fire (widlfires) 5 Commercial hunting 4 Subsistence hunting 4 Water (extraction) 4 Society's valuing of heritage 4 High impact research / monitoring activities 3 Civil unrest 2 Industrial areas 1 Forestry /wood production 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.