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 204 Ground transport infrastructure 73 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 70 Illegal activities 69 Housing 68 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 62 Land conversion 54 Financial resources 40 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 33 Legal framework 33 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 29 Management activities 28 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 27 Human resources 27 Earthquake 24 Deliberate destruction of heritage 21 Storms 21 Water infrastructure 20 Water (rain/water table) 18 Commercial development 16 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 16 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 14 Mining 14 Input of excess energy 13 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 13 Crop production 12 Wind 12 Avalanche/ landslide 12 Marine transport infrastructure 11 Governance 11 Invasive / alien marine species 10 Flooding 9 Civil unrest 8 Air transport infrastructure 7 Major linear utilities 7 Fire (widlfires) 7 Surface water pollution 6 Oil and gas 6 Other climate change impacts 6 Interpretative and visitation facilities 5 Localised utilities 5 Forestry /wood production 5 High impact research / monitoring activities 5 Relative humidity 4 Industrial areas 3 Underground transport infrastructure 3 Solid waste 3 Micro-organisms 3 Temperature 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Society's valuing of heritage 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Air pollution 1 Ground water pollution 1 Pollution of marine waters 1 Commercial hunting 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Military training 1 Invasive / alien freshwater species 1