State of Conservation

States Parties

Argentina Barbados Belize Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Panama Peru Saint Lucia Suriname Uruguay Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Threats

Management systems/ management plan 309 Housing 125 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 111 Legal framework 110 Illegal activities 95 Land conversion 74 Ground transport infrastructure 65 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 60 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 60 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 58 Water infrastructure 52 Governance 51 Human resources 47 Financial resources 42 Water (rain/water table) 34 Management activities 33 Deliberate destruction of heritage 32 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 29 Marine transport infrastructure 27 Mining 26 Earthquake 26 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 25 Flooding 25 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 24 Interpretative and visitation facilities 22 Commercial development 19 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 19 Wind 18 Crop production 15 Oil and gas 14 Air transport infrastructure 13 Underground transport infrastructure 13 Major linear utilities 13 Renewable energy facilities 13 Avalanche/ landslide 13 Storms 12 Surface water pollution 11 Invasive / alien marine species 11 High impact research / monitoring activities 10 Society's valuing of heritage 9 Civil unrest 8 Fire (widlfires) 8 Commercial hunting 4 Subsistence hunting 4 Water (extraction) 4 Forestry /wood production 3 Temperature 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Air pollution 2 Pollution of marine waters 2 Solid waste 2 Micro-organisms 2 Relative humidity 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Industrial areas 1 Ground water pollution 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Military training 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Translocated species 1