State of Conservation

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 415 Housing 158 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 146 Legal framework 130 Illegal activities 127 Ground transport infrastructure 107 Land conversion 99 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 88 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 73 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 69 Financial resources 64 Human resources 59 Water infrastructure 56 Governance 55 Water (rain/water table) 44 Management activities 42 Deliberate destruction of heritage 39 Earthquake 37 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 37 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 36 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 33 Marine transport infrastructure 32 Mining 32 Commercial development 31 Flooding 29 Storms 28 Interpretative and visitation facilities 24 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 24 Wind 22 Crop production 19 Avalanche/ landslide 18 Invasive / alien marine species 18 Major linear utilities 17 Air transport infrastructure 16 Underground transport infrastructure 16 Fire (widlfires) 15 Surface water pollution 14 Oil and gas 14 Civil unrest 14 Renewable energy facilities 13 High impact research / monitoring activities 12 Society's valuing of heritage 10 Input of excess energy 7 Other climate change impacts 7 Commercial hunting 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Industrial areas 4 Subsistence hunting 4 Water (extraction) 4 Relative humidity 4 Localised utilities 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 Volcanic eruption 2 Ground water pollution 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Military training 1 Translocated species 1