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State of Conservation

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Date Start: 2018close
Date end:2018close
Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (2018)
States Parties: Niger
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Erosion and siltation/ deposition Forestry /wood production Human resources 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
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (2018)
States Parties: Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Bulgaria Switzerland Czechia Germany Spain France Croatia Italy North Macedonia Poland Romania Slovenia Slovakia Ukraine
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Management systems/ management plan
Banc d'Arguin National Park (2018)
States Parties: Mauritania
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Ground transport infrastructure Housing Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Localised utilities Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Renewable energy facilities
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (2018)
States Parties: Belize
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Housing Invasive / alien marine species Land conversion Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Oil and gas
Danger List:  Yes
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (2018)
States Parties: South Africa
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Fire (widlfires) Governance Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts
Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection (2018)
States Parties: Panama
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Dja Faunal Reserve (2018)
States Parties: Cameroon
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial hunting Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
East Rennell (2018)
States Parties: Solomon Islands
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add2
Threats*: Changes to oceanic waters Commercial hunting Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Forestry /wood production Invasive/alien terrestrial species Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Mining Storms
Danger List:  Yes
Everglades National Park (2018)
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A
Threats*: Housing Invasive / alien freshwater species Storms Surface water pollution Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Mercury contamination of fish and wildlife
Danger List:  Yes
Galápagos Islands (2018)
States Parties: Ecuador
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Governance Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Garamba National Park (2018)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
Golden Mountains of Altai (2018)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Major linear utilities
Gough and Inaccessible Islands (2018)
States Parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Invasive/alien terrestrial species
Grand Canyon National Park (2018)
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Mining Water infrastructure
Gros Morne National Park (2018)
States Parties: Canada
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas
Iguaçu National Park (2018)
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Governance Ground transport infrastructure Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Iguazu National Park (2018)
States Parties: Argentina
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Governance Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (2018)
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Illegal activities
Other Threats: Serious concerns over the conservation status of two species, vaquita (porpoise species) and totoaba (marine fish)
Kahuzi-Biega National Park (2018)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Commercial hunting 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
Keoladeo National Park (2018)
States Parties: India
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Invasive / alien freshwater species Invasive/alien terrestrial species Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Disappearance of Siberian cranes
Lake Baikal (2018)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Mining Surface water pollution Water infrastructure
Lake Malawi National Park (2018)
States Parties: Malawi
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add
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 (2018)
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas Water infrastructure
Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas (2018)
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
Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (2018)
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
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (2018)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire Guinea
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.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
Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve (2018)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Marine transport infrastructure Oil and gas
Other Threats: Increased human presence
Niokolo-Koba National Park (2018)
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.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 (2018)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Mining
Danger List:  Yes
Okavango Delta (2018)
States Parties: Botswana
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Governance Invasive / alien freshwater species Management systems/ management plan Mining
Other Threats: Animal sanitation and diseases
Pirin National Park (2018)
States Parties: Bulgaria
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Commercial development Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Pitons Management Area (2018)
States Parties: Saint Lucia
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Renewable energy facilities
Plitvice Lakes National Park (2018)
States Parties: Croatia
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Air pollution Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Surface water pollution Water (extraction)
Rainforests of the Atsinanana (2018)
States Parties: Madagascar
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Governance Illegal activities Land conversion Mining Society's valuing of heritage Subsistence hunting
Danger List:  Yes
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (2018)
States Parties: Honduras
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A
Threats*: Financial resources Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Water infrastructure
Danger List:  Yes
Rwenzori Mountains National Park (2018)
States Parties: Uganda
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Mining Other climate change impacts
Sagarmatha National Park (2018)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Air pollution Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Input of excess energy Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Mining Other climate change impacts Quarrying Solid waste Subsistence wild plant collection
Salonga National Park (2018)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas War
Danger List:  Yes
Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park (2018)
States Parties: Sudan
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Financial resources Management systems/ management plan
Selous Game Reserve (2018)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Water infrastructure
Other Threats: Significant decline of wildlife populations due to poaching
Danger List:  Yes
Serengeti National Park (2018)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Drought Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
Simien National Park (2018)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Crop production Financial resources Governance Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts
Other Threats: Declining populations of Walia ibex, Ethiopian wolf and other large mammal species; Human wildlife conflicts;
Socotra Archipelago (2018)
States Parties: Yemen
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add2
Threats*: Civil unrest Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Governance Ground transport infrastructure Invasive / alien marine species Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Solid waste
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (2018)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add2
Threats*: Governance Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Renewable energy facilities
Danger List:  Yes
Virgin Komi Forests (2018)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Mining
Virunga National Park (2018)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Oil and gas War
Danger List:  Yes
Volcanoes of Kamchatka (2018)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Fire (widlfires) Governance Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Legal framework Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan Mining Renewable energy facilities
Other Threats: Decline in populations of wild reindeer and snow sheep
Western Caucasus (2018)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Western Tien-Shan (2018)
States Parties: Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Uzbekistan
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Human resources Management systems/ management plan
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Albania Argentina Austria Belgium Belize Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Ecuador Ethiopia France Germany Guinea Honduras India Indonesia Italy Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Madagascar Malawi Mauritania Mexico Nepal Niger North Macedonia Panama Poland Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sudan Switzerland Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uzbekistan Yemen Zimbabwe
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 30 Illegal activities 27 Mining 17 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 15 Water infrastructure 12 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 11 Ground transport infrastructure 10 Land conversion 10 Governance 10 Oil and gas 9 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 8 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 8 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 8 Legal framework 8 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 7 Civil unrest 7 Financial resources 6 Human resources 6 Fire (widlfires) 5 Major linear utilities 4 Renewable energy facilities 4 Surface water pollution 4 Commercial hunting 4 Forestry /wood production 4 War 4 Other climate change impacts 4 Invasive / alien freshwater species 4 Housing 3 Water (extraction) 3 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Marine transport infrastructure 2 Air pollution 2 Solid waste 2 Drought 2 Storms 2 Invasive / alien marine species 2 Commercial development 1 Air transport infrastructure 1 Localised utilities 1 Input of excess energy 1 Crop production 1 Subsistence hunting 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Quarrying 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Changes to oceanic waters 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Translocated species 1 Management 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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