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State of Conservation

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Date Start: 2015close
Date end:2015close
Region: Africaclose
Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (2015)
States Parties: Niger
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add
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 (2015)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Other Threats: Structural instability of Stele 3
Comoé National Park (2015)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.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 (2015)
States Parties: Cameroon
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Mining Water infrastructure
Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda (2015)
States Parties: Gabon
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Human resources Illegal activities Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan
Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa (2015)
States Parties: South Africa
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Ground water pollution Mining Surface water pollution
Other Threats: Acid mine drainage
Garamba National Park (2015)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan War
Danger List:  Yes
Historic Town of Grand-Bassam (2015)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Human resources Management systems/ management plan Water (rain/water table)
Kahuzi-Biega National Park (2015)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.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
Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley (2015)
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Renewable energy facilities
Lake Turkana National Parks (2015)
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas Water infrastructure
Lakes of Ounianga (2015)
States Parties: Chad
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Solid waste
Lamu Old Town (2015)
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Land conversion Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure Solid waste
Other Threats: Deterioration of dwellings
Le Morne Cultural Landscape (2015)
States Parties: Mauritius
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Housing Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Maloti-Drakensberg Park (2015)
States Parties: Lesotho South Africa
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B
Threats*: Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Need for further research and documentation to establish an inventory of rock art in Sehlabathebe National Park; Need for study of the potential cultural contribution of other landscape elements to the cultural values of Sehlabathebe National Park
Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (2015)
States Parties: Central African Republic
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
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 (2015)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire Guinea
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.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 (2015)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7B.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
Threats*: Crop production Governance Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management activities Management systems/ management plan Renewable energy facilities
Niokolo-Koba National Park (2015)
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A.Add,WHC-15/39.COM/INF.7Rev
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 (2015)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2015
Document Source: WHC-15/39.COM/7A
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Mining
Danger List:  Yes
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Benin Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Gabon Guinea Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Mali Mauritius Niger Nigeria Senegal South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 21 Illegal activities 17 Land conversion 11 Housing 10 Mining 10 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 9 Ground transport infrastructure 8 Civil unrest 8 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 7 War 7 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 5 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 5 Water infrastructure 4 Oil and gas 4 Human resources 4 Management activities 4 Solid waste 3 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 3 Fire (widlfires) 3 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 3 Financial resources 3 Interpretative and visitation facilities 2 Marine transport infrastructure 2 Major linear utilities 2 Renewable energy facilities 2 Surface water pollution 2 Crop production 2 Forestry /wood production 2 Subsistence hunting 2 Water (rain/water table) 2 Deliberate destruction of heritage 2 Governance 2 Legal framework 2 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 1 Ground water pollution 1 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Drought 1 Translocated species 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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