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 456 Housing 170 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 163 Illegal activities 139 Legal framework 134 Ground transport infrastructure 126 Land conversion 113 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 112 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 77 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 75 Financial resources 72 Human resources 63 Water infrastructure 59 Governance 55 Management activities 49 Water (rain/water table) 46 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 42 Deliberate destruction of heritage 42 Earthquake 41 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 40 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 38 Commercial development 34 Marine transport infrastructure 34 Mining 34 Flooding 30 Storms 30 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 25 Interpretative and visitation facilities 24 Wind 23 Avalanche/ landslide 21 Invasive / alien marine species 21 Crop production 19 Major linear utilities 18 Oil and gas 18 Surface water pollution 17 Air transport infrastructure 16 Underground transport infrastructure 16 Fire (widlfires) 15 Civil unrest 14 Renewable energy facilities 13 Input of excess energy 13 High impact research / monitoring activities 12 Society's valuing of heritage 10 Other climate change impacts 7 Forestry /wood production 6 Localised utilities 5 Commercial hunting 5 Industrial areas 4 Subsistence hunting 4 Water (extraction) 4 Relative humidity 4 Solid waste 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 Volcanic eruption 2 Ground water pollution 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Military training 1 Translocated species 1