State of Conservation
566
Reports
66
Properties concerned
30
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start:
2006close
Region:
Africaclose
| States Parties: |
 Ethiopia
|
| Year: | 2013 |
| Document Source: | WHC-13/37.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Industrial areas Land conversion |
| States Parties: |
 Lesotho South Africa
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas |
| Other Threats: | Buffer zones not yet formalized |
| States Parties: |
Lesotho South Africa
|
| Year: | 2021 |
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas |
| Other Threats: | Buffer zones not yet formalized |
| States Parties: |
Lesotho South Africa
|
| Year: | 2019 |
| Document Source: | WHC/19/43.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
Lesotho South Africa
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
| States Parties: |
Lesotho South Africa
|
| Year: | 2015 |
| Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Need for further research and documentation to establish an inventory of rock art in Sehlabathebe National Park; Need for study of the potential cultural contribution of other landscape elements to the cultural values of Sehlabathebe National Park |
| States Parties: |
 Zimbabwe
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Illegal activities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Mining |
| States Parties: |
Zimbabwe
|
| Year: | 2021 |
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Illegal activities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Mining |
| States Parties: |
Zimbabwe
|
| Year: | 2018 |
| Document Source: | WHC/18/42.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Illegal activities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Mining |
| States Parties: |
Zimbabwe
|
| Year: | 2016 |
| Document Source: | WHC/16/40.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Illegal activities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Mining |
| States Parties: |
Zimbabwe
|
| Year: | 2014 |
| Document Source: | WHC-14/38.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Mining |
| States Parties: |
Zimbabwe
|
| Year: | 2011 |
| Document Source: | WHC-11/35.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Mining |
| States Parties: |
Zimbabwe
|
| Year: | 2010 |
| Document Source: | WHC-10/34.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Mining |
| States Parties: |
 Central African Republic
|
| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Central African Republic
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Mining |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Central African Republic
|
| Year: | 2019 |
| Document Source: | WHC/19/43.COM/7A.Add |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Mining |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Central African Republic
|
| Year: | 2018 |
| Document Source: | WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Central African Republic
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add,WHC/17/41.COM/INF.7 Rev |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Central African Republic
|
| Year: | 2016 |
| Document Source: | WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Central African Republic
|
| Year: | 2015 |
| Document Source: | WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining |
| Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties
Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Mozambique Niger Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 359 Illegal activities 294 Mining 170 Land conversion 157 Civil unrest 131 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 129 Housing 127 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 104 War 99 Financial resources 99 Human resources 91 Ground transport infrastructure 87 Management activities 76 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 71 Water infrastructure 66 Solid waste 56 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 55 Oil and gas 55 Legal framework 50 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 44 Water (rain/water table) 42 Fire (widlfires) 42 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 41 Governance 35 Forestry /wood production 34 Surface water pollution 33 Drought 29 Crop production 28 Interpretative and visitation facilities 27 Deliberate destruction of heritage 27 Commercial hunting 21 Major linear utilities 20 Water (extraction) 18 Invasive / alien freshwater species 18 Marine transport infrastructure 17 Subsistence hunting 17 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 17 Other climate change impacts 17 Industrial areas 16 Translocated species 16 Air transport infrastructure 10 Air pollution 10 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 10 Relative humidity 9 Commercial development 8 Ground water pollution 8 Flooding 7 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Earthquake 6 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Wind 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Terrorism 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Storms 1 Low impact research / monitoring activities 1
* :
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.
