State of Conservation

States Parties

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

Threats

Management systems/ management plan 315 Housing 127 Legal framework 114 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 112 Illegal activities 98 Land conversion 76 Ground transport infrastructure 65 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 62 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 60 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 59 Water infrastructure 53 Governance 51 Human resources 48 Financial resources 43 Water (rain/water table) 36 Management activities 34 Deliberate destruction of heritage 32 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 30 Marine transport infrastructure 27 Mining 27 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 26 Flooding 26 Earthquake 26 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 25 Interpretative and visitation facilities 22 Commercial development 20 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 20 Wind 18 Crop production 15 Oil and gas 14 Air transport infrastructure 13 Underground transport infrastructure 13 Major linear utilities 13 Renewable energy facilities 13 Avalanche/ landslide 13 Surface water pollution 12 Storms 12 Invasive / alien marine species 11 High impact research / monitoring activities 10 Society's valuing of heritage 9 Civil unrest 8 Fire (widlfires) 8 Commercial hunting 4 Subsistence hunting 4 Water (extraction) 4 Forestry /wood production 3 Temperature 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Air pollution 2 Pollution of marine waters 2 Solid waste 2 Micro-organisms 2 Relative humidity 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Industrial areas 1 Ground water pollution 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Military training 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Translocated species 1