State of Conservation

States Parties

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

Threats

Management systems/ management plan 341 Housing 136 Legal framework 123 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 120 Illegal activities 108 Land conversion 79 Ground transport infrastructure 74 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 65 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 63 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 63 Water infrastructure 54 Governance 53 Human resources 51 Financial resources 46 Water (rain/water table) 42 Management activities 37 Deliberate destruction of heritage 34 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 31 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 31 Mining 28 Earthquake 28 Marine transport infrastructure 27 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 27 Flooding 27 Commercial development 23 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 23 Interpretative and visitation facilities 22 Crop production 19 Wind 18 Avalanche/ landslide 16 Air transport infrastructure 15 Underground transport infrastructure 14 Oil and gas 14 Major linear utilities 13 Renewable energy facilities 13 Storms 13 Surface water pollution 12 Invasive / alien marine species 11 Society's valuing of heritage 10 High impact research / monitoring activities 10 Civil unrest 9 Fire (widlfires) 8 Commercial hunting 5 Forestry /wood production 4 Subsistence hunting 4 Water (extraction) 4 Relative humidity 4 Micro-organisms 3 Temperature 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Air pollution 2 Pollution of marine waters 2 Solid waste 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Industrial areas 1 Ground water pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Military training 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Translocated species 1