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State of Conservation

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Reports
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Properties concerned
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States Parties with SOC reports
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Date Start: 2008close
Date end:2008close
Region: Africaclose
Selous Game Reserve (2008)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Water infrastructure
Simien National Park (2008)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Ground transport infrastructure Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 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 (2008)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Marine transport infrastructure
Other Threats: Environmental pressures
Timbuktu (2008)
States Parties: Mali
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add2
Threats*: Flooding Housing Management activities Solid waste
Virunga National Park (2008)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals War
Danger List:  Yes
Vredefort Dome (2008)
States Parties: South Africa
Year: 2008
Document Source: WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution
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Benin Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Guinea Kenya Mali Mozambique Niger Senegal South Africa United Republic of Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe
Threats
Illegal activities 13 Management systems/ management plan 13 Housing 7 Land conversion 7 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 7 Mining 7 Civil unrest 7 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 6 War 5 Financial resources 5 Solid waste 4 Human resources 4 Legal framework 4 Management activities 4 Ground transport infrastructure 3 Water infrastructure 2 Surface water pollution 2 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 2 Water (rain/water table) 2 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 2 Interpretative and visitation facilities 1 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 1 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Air pollution 1 Input of excess energy 1 Forestry /wood production 1 Oil and gas 1 Water (extraction) 1 Relative humidity 1 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 1 Deliberate destruction of heritage 1 Drought 1 Flooding 1 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 1 Fire (widlfires) 1 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 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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