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State of Conservation

674
Reports
72
Properties concerned
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States Parties with SOC reports
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Category of site
Cultural site Natural site Mixed site

Site inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger
Cultural site Natural site Mixed site

States Parties
Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Mozambique Niger Nigeria Senegal Seychelles South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 370 Illegal activities 362 Mining 172 Land conversion 156 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 150 Civil unrest 149 Financial resources 136 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 117 Housing 107 War 107 Ground transport infrastructure 101 Human resources 100 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 62 Water infrastructure 60 Management activities 58 Solid waste 54 Water (rain/water table) 47 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 44 Legal framework 44 Oil and gas 38 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 35 Crop production 33 Fire (widlfires) 32 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 29 Forestry /wood production 27 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 25 Commercial hunting 22 Surface water pollution 21 Deliberate destruction of heritage 20 Drought 20 Interpretative and visitation facilities 17 Subsistence hunting 17 Invasive / alien freshwater species 15 Governance 14 Marine transport infrastructure 13 Water (extraction) 13 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 13 Industrial areas 12 Translocated species 12 Major linear utilities 11 Flooding 10 Storms 10 Air pollution 7 Relative humidity 6 Wind 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 5 Air transport infrastructure 4 Desertification 4 Other climate change impacts 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Renewable energy facilities 3 Ground water pollution 3 Input of excess energy 3 Society's valuing of heritage 3 Earthquake 3 Volcanic eruption 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Pests 1 Changes to oceanic waters 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.


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