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 453 Housing 168 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 160 Illegal activities 138 Legal framework 137 Ground transport infrastructure 120 Land conversion 112 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 105 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 76 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 75 Financial resources 73 Human resources 64 Water infrastructure 58 Governance 55 Management activities 50 Water (rain/water table) 47 Deliberate destruction of heritage 42 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 41 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 40 Earthquake 39 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 38 Commercial development 35 Mining 35 Marine transport infrastructure 34 Flooding 30 Storms 29 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 26 Interpretative and visitation facilities 24 Wind 23 Invasive / alien marine species 21 Crop production 19 Avalanche/ landslide 19 Surface water pollution 18 Major linear utilities 17 Air transport infrastructure 16 Underground transport infrastructure 16 Oil and gas 15 Fire (widlfires) 15 Civil unrest 14 Renewable energy facilities 13 High impact research / monitoring activities 12 Input of excess energy 11 Society's valuing of heritage 10 Other climate change impacts 7 Forestry /wood production 6 Localised utilities 5 Commercial hunting 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