State of Conservation

States Parties

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

Threats

Management systems/ management plan 250 Housing 90 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 84 Illegal activities 84 Ground transport infrastructure 83 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 73 Land conversion 65 Financial resources 45 Legal framework 44 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 42 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 40 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 32 Management activities 32 Deliberate destruction of heritage 30 Human resources 29 Earthquake 28 Water infrastructure 26 Storms 24 Water (rain/water table) 23 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 18 Governance 18 Commercial development 17 Mining 17 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 15 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 15 Wind 14 Avalanche/ landslide 14 Marine transport infrastructure 13 Input of excess energy 13 Crop production 13 Invasive / alien marine species 12 Civil unrest 10 Flooding 10 Air transport infrastructure 9 Oil and gas 9 Fire (widlfires) 9 Interpretative and visitation facilities 8 Major linear utilities 8 Surface water pollution 7 Other climate change impacts 6 High impact research / monitoring activities 6 Localised utilities 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Society's valuing of heritage 5 Underground transport infrastructure 4 Relative humidity 4 Industrial areas 3 Solid waste 3 Micro-organisms 3 Temperature 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Air pollution 2 Pollution of marine waters 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Ground water pollution 1 Commercial hunting 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Military training 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 1 Translocated species 1