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 413 Housing 158 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 146 Legal framework 133 Illegal activities 128 Ground transport infrastructure 105 Land conversion 98 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 87 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 73 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 69 Financial resources 64 Human resources 60 Water infrastructure 57 Governance 56 Water (rain/water table) 46 Management activities 42 Deliberate destruction of heritage 39 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 38 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 37 Earthquake 37 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 33 Mining 33 Commercial development 31 Marine transport infrastructure 31 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 17 Air transport infrastructure 16 Underground transport infrastructure 16 Major linear utilities 16 Surface water pollution 15 Oil and gas 14 Civil unrest 14 Fire (widlfires) 14 Renewable energy facilities 13 High impact research / monitoring activities 12 Society's valuing of heritage 10 Other climate change impacts 7 Input of excess energy 6 Commercial hunting 5 Forestry /wood production 5 Industrial areas 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 Invasive / alien freshwater species 3 Localised utilities 2 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