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 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 119 Legal framework 58 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 49 Housing 47 Illegal activities 35 Land conversion 28 Ground transport infrastructure 24 Governance 24 Human resources 23 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 22 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 19 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 19 Water infrastructure 18 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 17 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 17 Financial resources 17 Mining 13 Commercial development 12 Marine transport infrastructure 12 Water (rain/water table) 12 Flooding 12 Interpretative and visitation facilities 10 Management activities 10 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 8 Renewable energy facilities 8 Underground transport infrastructure 7 Major linear utilities 6 Surface water pollution 6 Crop production 6 Earthquake 6 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 6 Commercial hunting 4 Subsistence hunting 4 Oil and gas 4 Water (extraction) 4 Wind 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Fire (widlfires) 4 Invasive / alien marine species 4 Air transport infrastructure 3 Society's valuing of heritage 3 Deliberate destruction of heritage 3 Storms 3 High impact research / monitoring activities 2 Industrial areas 1 Forestry /wood production 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.