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

Threats

Management systems/ management plan 422 Housing 160 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 148 Legal framework 135 Illegal activities 130 Ground transport infrastructure 109 Land conversion 101 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 90 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 73 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 70 Financial resources 65 Human resources 60 Water infrastructure 57 Governance 56 Water (rain/water table) 46 Management activities 43 Deliberate destruction of heritage 39 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 39 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 37 Earthquake 37 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 34 Mining 33 Commercial development 32 Marine transport infrastructure 32 Flooding 30 Storms 28 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 25 Interpretative and visitation facilities 24 Wind 22 Crop production 19 Avalanche/ landslide 18 Invasive / alien marine species 18 Major linear utilities 17 Air transport infrastructure 16 Underground transport infrastructure 16 Surface water pollution 15 Fire (widlfires) 15 Oil and gas 14 Civil unrest 14 Renewable energy facilities 13 High impact research / monitoring activities 12 Society's valuing of heritage 10 Input of excess energy 7 Other climate change impacts 7 Commercial hunting 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Industrial areas 4 Subsistence hunting 4 Water (extraction) 4 Relative humidity 4 Localised utilities 3 Micro-organisms 3 Temperature 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Invasive / alien freshwater species 3 Air pollution 2 Pollution of marine waters 2 Solid waste 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Ground water pollution 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Military training 1 Translocated species 1