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 270 Housing 98 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 91 Illegal activities 90 Ground transport infrastructure 89 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 78 Land conversion 68 Financial resources 49 Legal framework 49 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 46 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 45 Deliberate destruction of heritage 34 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 33 Management activities 33 Human resources 32 Water infrastructure 30 Earthquake 29 Water (rain/water table) 26 Storms 24 Governance 21 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 19 Mining 18 Commercial development 17 Marine transport infrastructure 16 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 16 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 15 Wind 15 Avalanche/ landslide 15 Input of excess energy 13 Crop production 13 Flooding 13 Invasive / alien marine species 13 Civil unrest 11 Air transport infrastructure 10 Oil and gas 10 Major linear utilities 9 Fire (widlfires) 9 Interpretative and visitation facilities 8 Surface water pollution 8 High impact research / monitoring activities 7 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Other climate change impacts 6 Localised utilities 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Underground transport infrastructure 4 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