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State of Conservation

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Properties concerned
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States Parties with SOC reports
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Date Start: 2016close
Date end:2016close
Region: Africaclose
Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (2016)
States Parties: Niger
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.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
Danger List:  Yes
Aksum (2016)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Structural instability of Stele 3
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) (2016)
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan War
Comoé National Park (2016)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Fire (widlfires) Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan
Danger List:  Yes
Dja Faunal Reserve (2016)
States Parties: Cameroon
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Mining Water infrastructure
Garamba National Park (2016)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
Historic Centre of Agadez (2016)
States Parties: Niger
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Low impact research / monitoring activities Management systems/ management plan
Island of Mozambique (2016)
States Parties: Mozambique
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Other Threats: Growing number of collapsed or seriously dilapidated buildings
Island of Saint-Louis (2016)
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Management activities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Extremely poor state of conservation of numerous derelict buildings endangering occupants
Kahuzi-Biega National Park (2016)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Mining War
Other Threats: Villages in the ecological corridor between the highland and lowland sectors of the park
Danger List:  Yes
Lake Malawi National Park (2016)
States Parties: Malawi
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive / alien freshwater species Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas Surface water pollution
Lake Turkana National Parks (2016)
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas Water infrastructure
Lamu Old Town (2016)
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure Solid waste
Other Threats: Deterioration of dwellings
Le Morne Cultural Landscape (2016)
States Parties: Mauritius
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Lower Valley of the Omo (2016)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Industrial areas Land conversion Management systems/ management plan
Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas (2016)
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
Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (2016)
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
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (2016)
States Parties: South Africa
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Industrial areas Management activities Mining
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (2016)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire Guinea
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.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
Niokolo-Koba National Park (2016)
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7A.Add.2
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
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Botswana Cameroon Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Mozambique Niger Nigeria Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zimbabwe
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 26 Illegal activities 20 Mining 12 Land conversion 11 Civil unrest 9 Housing 8 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 8 War 7 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 6 Financial resources 6 Ground transport infrastructure 5 Water infrastructure 5 Oil and gas 5 Management activities 5 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 4 Human resources 4 Solid waste 3 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Industrial areas 2 Forestry /wood production 2 Water (rain/water table) 2 Deliberate destruction of heritage 2 Drought 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Invasive / alien freshwater species 2 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 2 Governance 2 Interpretative and visitation facilities 1 Air transport infrastructure 1 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Major linear utilities 1 Surface water pollution 1 Commercial hunting 1 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Water (extraction) 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Other climate change impacts 1 Translocated species 1 Legal framework 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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