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 Dominican Republic Ecuador Haiti Honduras Mexico Panama Peru Saint Lucia Suriname Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)Threats
Management systems/ management plan 63 Legal framework 32 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 29 Housing 28 Illegal activities 17 Governance 17 Ground transport infrastructure 16 Land conversion 13 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 12 Human resources 11 Water infrastructure 10 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 10 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 9 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 9 Financial resources 9 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 8 Commercial development 7 Mining 7 Flooding 7 Interpretative and visitation facilities 6 Marine transport infrastructure 6 Water (rain/water table) 6 Management activities 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 5 Underground transport infrastructure 4 Major linear utilities 4 Renewable energy facilities 4 Crop production 4 Earthquake 4 Surface water pollution 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Air transport infrastructure 2 Commercial hunting 2 Subsistence hunting 2 Water (extraction) 2 Society's valuing of heritage 2 Deliberate destruction of heritage 2 Storms 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Industrial areas 1 Oil and gas 1 Wind 1 Invasive / alien marine 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.