State of Conservation

States Parties

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

Threats

Management systems/ management plan 335 Housing 134 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 119 Legal framework 119 Illegal activities 105 Land conversion 77 Ground transport infrastructure 74 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 63 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 63 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 62 Water infrastructure 53 Governance 53 Human resources 50 Financial resources 45 Water (rain/water table) 40 Management activities 36 Deliberate destruction of heritage 34 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 30 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 30 Earthquake 28 Marine transport infrastructure 27 Mining 27 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 26 Flooding 26 Commercial development 22 Interpretative and visitation facilities 22 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 22 Crop production 19 Wind 18 Avalanche/ landslide 16 Air transport infrastructure 15 Underground transport infrastructure 14 Oil and gas 14 Major linear utilities 13 Renewable energy facilities 13 Storms 13 Surface water pollution 11 Invasive / alien marine species 11 Society's valuing of heritage 10 High impact research / monitoring activities 10 Civil unrest 9 Fire (widlfires) 8 Commercial hunting 5 Forestry /wood production 4 Subsistence hunting 4 Water (extraction) 4 Relative humidity 4 Micro-organisms 3 Temperature 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Air pollution 2 Pollution of marine waters 2 Solid waste 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Industrial areas 1 Ground water pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Military training 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Translocated species 1