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 430 Housing 162 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 150 Legal framework 136 Illegal activities 134 Ground transport infrastructure 116 Land conversion 107 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 96 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 74 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 72 Financial resources 68 Human resources 62 Water infrastructure 57 Governance 56 Water (rain/water table) 46 Management activities 45 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 41 Deliberate destruction of heritage 40 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 37 Earthquake 37 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 36 Mining 35 Marine transport infrastructure 34 Commercial development 33 Flooding 30 Storms 28 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 25 Interpretative and visitation facilities 24 Wind 22 Invasive / alien marine species 20 Crop production 19 Avalanche/ landslide 18 Major linear utilities 17 Surface water pollution 17 Air transport infrastructure 16 Underground transport infrastructure 16 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 Localised utilities 5 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 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