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 Jamaica Mexico Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Lucia Suriname Uruguay Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)Threats
Management systems/ management plan 376 Housing 148 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 135 Legal framework 132 Illegal activities 119 Land conversion 89 Ground transport infrastructure 88 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 76 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 70 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 66 Human resources 57 Financial resources 56 Governance 56 Water infrastructure 54 Water (rain/water table) 44 Management activities 38 Deliberate destruction of heritage 36 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 35 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 32 Earthquake 31 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 30 Mining 30 Flooding 29 Commercial development 27 Marine transport infrastructure 27 Interpretative and visitation facilities 24 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 23 Wind 20 Crop production 19 Avalanche/ landslide 18 Air transport infrastructure 16 Underground transport infrastructure 16 Major linear utilities 14 Surface water pollution 14 Oil and gas 14 Storms 14 Invasive / alien marine species 14 Renewable energy facilities 13 Civil unrest 11 Fire (widlfires) 11 High impact research / monitoring activities 11 Society's valuing of heritage 10 Commercial hunting 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Subsistence hunting 4 Water (extraction) 4 Relative humidity 4 Other climate change impacts 4 Industrial areas 3 Input of excess energy 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 Solid waste 2 Ground water pollution 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Military training 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.