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 Mexico Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Lucia Uruguay Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Threats

Management systems/ management plan 290 Housing 108 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 97 Ground transport infrastructure 93 Illegal activities 93 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 82 Land conversion 73 Legal framework 59 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 51 Financial resources 50 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 48 Deliberate destruction of heritage 36 Human resources 35 Management activities 35 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 33 Water infrastructure 32 Earthquake 31 Water (rain/water table) 29 Storms 25 Governance 23 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 20 Commercial development 19 Mining 19 Marine transport infrastructure 18 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 17 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 16 Wind 16 Avalanche/ landslide 16 Flooding 15 Invasive / alien marine species 14 Input of excess energy 13 Crop production 13 Civil unrest 12 Air transport infrastructure 11 Oil and gas 11 Interpretative and visitation facilities 10 Major linear utilities 10 Fire (widlfires) 10 Surface water pollution 9 High impact research / monitoring activities 9 Other climate change impacts 7 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Underground transport infrastructure 5 Localised utilities 5 Forestry /wood production 5 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 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Ground water pollution 1 Commercial hunting 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Military training 1 Translocated species 1