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 225 Housing 80 Ground transport infrastructure 78 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 77 Illegal activities 77 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 67 Land conversion 59 Financial resources 43 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 37 Legal framework 36 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 33 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 29 Management activities 29 Human resources 28 Earthquake 26 Deliberate destruction of heritage 25 Water infrastructure 24 Storms 22 Water (rain/water table) 20 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 17 Commercial development 16 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 15 Mining 15 Governance 15 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 14 Input of excess energy 13 Wind 13 Avalanche/ landslide 13 Marine transport infrastructure 12 Crop production 12 Invasive / alien marine species 11 Civil unrest 9 Flooding 9 Fire (widlfires) 8 Air transport infrastructure 7 Major linear utilities 7 Oil and gas 7 Interpretative and visitation facilities 6 Surface water pollution 6 Other climate change impacts 6 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 3 Air pollution 2 Volcanic eruption 2 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