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State of Conservation

30
Reports
30
Properties concerned
17
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start: 2007close
Date end:2007close
Region: Africaclose
States Parties: Niger
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Erosion and siltation/ deposition Forestry /wood production Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Poverty
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: South Africa
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Fire (widlfires) Invasive/alien terrestrial species
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Crop production Fire (widlfires) Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Cameroon
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial hunting Crop production Forestry /wood production Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Mining
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Invasive / alien freshwater species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Subsistence hunting Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Salinisation of soils
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Human resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Other Threats: a) Risk of collapse of historic buildingsb) Construction of the replica of the Gorée Memorial
States Parties: Mozambique
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Human resources Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: Buildings threatened with collapse
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Mining War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: Fire
States Parties: Central African Republic
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Financial resources Human resources Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Zambia Zimbabwe
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
Threats*: Air pollution Drought Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Input of excess energy Surface water pollution Water (extraction)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire Guinea
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Mining
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Crop production Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive / alien freshwater species Land conversion
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Translocated species Water infrastructure
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7A,WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Mining War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: Housing dilapidation
States Parties: South Africa
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
Threats*: Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: a) Lack of appropriate conservation of the built heritageb) Lack of integration of natural values in management of site
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
Threats*: Management activities Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity Water (rain/water table)
States Parties: Benin
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7A
Threats*: Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Major deterioration of nearly two-thirds of the earthen brick structures
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7A
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Collapsing monumentsNo participation of community
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Uganda
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Mining
Other Threats: Degradation of buffer zone
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Water infrastructure
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7A
Threats*: Crop production Ground transport infrastructure Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals
Other Threats: Declining populations of Walia ibex, Simien fox and other large mammal species
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Environmental pressure
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Land conversion Mining
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7B
Threats*: Flooding Housing Management activities Solid waste
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2007
Document Source: WHC-07/31.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals War
Danger List:  Yes

* : The threats indicated are listed in alphabetical order; their order does not constitute a classification according to the importance of their impact on the property.
Furthermore, they are presented irrespective of the type of threat faced by the property, i.e. with specific and proven imminent danger (“ascertained danger”) or with threats which could have deleterious effects on the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (“potential danger”).

** : All mission reports are not always available electronically.


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