State of Conservation

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 Zimbabwe

Threats

Management systems/ management plan 408 Illegal activities 334 Mining 183 Land conversion 178 Civil unrest 156 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 141 Housing 132 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 127 Financial resources 117 War 113 Human resources 112 Ground transport infrastructure 91 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 78 Management activities 76 Water infrastructure 70 Solid waste 62 Legal framework 59 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 58 Oil and gas 58 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 49 Water (rain/water table) 45 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 44 Fire (widlfires) 43 Forestry /wood production 37 Governance 35 Surface water pollution 33 Interpretative and visitation facilities 31 Crop production 31 Drought 30 Deliberate destruction of heritage 28 Commercial hunting 25 Subsistence hunting 22 Invasive / alien freshwater species 21 Major linear utilities 20 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 19 Water (extraction) 19 Marine transport infrastructure 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 Flooding 10 Relative humidity 9 Commercial development 8 Ground water pollution 8 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Earthquake 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Wind 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Terrorism 2 Storms 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Avalanche/ landslide 1 Volcanic eruption 1 Low impact research / monitoring activities 1