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 153 Legal framework 73 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 61 Housing 57 Illegal activities 43 Land conversion 38 Ground transport infrastructure 31 Governance 30 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 28 Human resources 27 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 25 Water infrastructure 25 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 24 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 22 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 21 Financial resources 20 Water (rain/water table) 16 Mining 15 Flooding 15 Commercial development 14 Marine transport infrastructure 14 Interpretative and visitation facilities 13 Renewable energy facilities 12 Management activities 12 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 9 Underground transport infrastructure 9 Surface water pollution 8 Earthquake 8 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 8 Major linear utilities 7 Crop production 6 Oil and gas 6 Wind 6 Invasive / alien marine species 6 Air transport infrastructure 5 Avalanche/ landslide 5 Fire (widlfires) 5 Commercial hunting 4 Subsistence hunting 4 Water (extraction) 4 Society's valuing of heritage 4 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Storms 4 High impact research / monitoring activities 3 Industrial areas 1 Forestry /wood production 1 Civil unrest 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.