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State of Conservation

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35
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Region: Africaclose
Aapravasi Ghat (2012)
States Parties: Mauritius
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities
Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (2012)
States Parties: Niger
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.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 activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Poverty
Danger List:  Yes
Aksum (2012)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Structural instability of Stele 3
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) (2012)
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage War
Comoé National Park (2012)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Dja Faunal Reserve (2012)
States Parties: Cameroon
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Commercial hunting Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Mining
Garamba National Park (2012)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Human resources Illegal activities Management activities War
Danger List:  Yes
Island of Mozambique (2012)
States Parties: Mozambique
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Management activities Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: Growing number of collapsed or seriously dilapidated buildings
Kahuzi-Biega National Park (2012)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Mining War
Other Threats: Villages in the ecologicalcorridor between the highland and lowland sectors of the park
Danger List:  Yes
Lake Turkana National Parks (2012)
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Oil and gas Water infrastructure
Lamu Old Town (2012)
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Industrial areas Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure Oil and gas Solid waste Water infrastructure
Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (2012)
States Parties: Central African Republic
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining
Danger List:  Yes
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (2012)
States Parties: South Africa
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Industrial areas Management systems/ management plan Mining
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (2012)
States Parties: Zambia Zimbabwe
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Air pollution Drought Housing Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (2012)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire Guinea
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.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
Ngorongoro Conservation Area (2012)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Crop production Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Niokolo-Koba National Park (2012)
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A
Threats*: Drought Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining Translocated species Water infrastructure
Danger List:  Yes
Okapi Wildlife Reserve (2012)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Mining
Danger List:  Yes
Old Towns of Djenné (2012)
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Solid waste War
Other Threats: Deterioration of dwellings
Rainforests of the Atsinanana (2012)
States Parties: Madagascar
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Illegal activities Land conversion Mining Subsistence hunting
Danger List:  Yes
Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela (2012)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Earthquake Housing Land conversion Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity Water (rain/water table)
Royal Palaces of Abomey (2012)
States Parties: Benin
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Fire; Major deterioration of almost 50% of the earthen structural components
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara (2012)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Governance Illegal activities Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Deterioration of the architectural heritage fabric
Danger List:  Yes
Rwenzori Mountains National Park (2012)
States Parties: Uganda
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Mining Other climate change impacts
Salonga National Park (2012)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
Saloum Delta (2012)
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Management systems/ management plan
Selous Game Reserve (2012)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Reduction of elephant population
Serengeti National Park (2012)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Drought Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
Simien National Park (2012)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals
Other Threats: Declining populations of Walia ibex, Ethiopian wolf and other large mammal species
Danger List:  Yes
Stone Town of Zanzibar (2012)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: b) Environmental pressures in relation with the Malindi port projectc) Natural disasters and lack of risk-preparedness
Taï National Park (2012)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining
Timbuktu (2012)
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Deliberate destruction of heritage Flooding Housing Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Solid waste War
Other Threats: Inappropriate design and scale of new Ahmed Baba Cultural Centre in the vicinity of the Sankoré Mosque; lack of detailed drawings supplied to the Committee
Tomb of Askia (2012)
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities War
Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi (2012)
States Parties: Uganda
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Management activities
Danger List:  Yes
Virunga National Park (2012)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2012
Document Source: WHC-12/36.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Oil and gas War
Danger List:  Yes
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Benin Cameroon Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Guinea Kenya Madagascar Mali Mauritius Mozambique Niger Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe
Threats
Illegal activities 19 Management systems/ management plan 18 Mining 11 Land conversion 10 Housing 9 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 9 Civil unrest 8 War 8 Management activities 7 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 6 Financial resources 6 Water infrastructure 5 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 5 Human resources 5 Ground transport infrastructure 4 Solid waste 4 Oil and gas 4 Legal framework 4 Water (rain/water table) 3 Drought 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 3 Industrial areas 2 Deliberate destruction of heritage 2 Interpretative and visitation facilities 1 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 1 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Major linear utilities 1 Air pollution 1 Surface water pollution 1 Commercial hunting 1 Crop production 1 Forestry /wood production 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Water (extraction) 1 Relative humidity 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Flooding 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Earthquake 1 Fire (widlfires) 1 Translocated species 1 Governance 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.


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