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State of Conservation

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Virunga National Park (1998)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 1998
Document Source: WHC-98/CONF.201/3A,WHC-98/CONF.203/7
Threats*: Civil unrest Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Mining
Danger List:  Yes
Virunga National Park (1997)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.204/2A,WHC-97/CONF.208/8A
Threats*: Civil unrest Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Mining
Danger List:  Yes
Virunga National Park (1996)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 1996
Document Source: WHC-96/CONF.201/7A,WHC-96/CONF.202/2B
Threats*: Civil unrest Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Mining
Danger List:  Yes
Virunga National Park (1995)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 1995
Document Source: WHC-95/CONF.201/4,WHC-95/CONF.203/5,WHC-95/CONF.203/5 Add.1
Threats*: Civil unrest Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Mining
Danger List:  Yes
Virunga National Park (1994)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 1994
Document Source: WHC-94/CONF.003/6
Threats*: Civil unrest Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Mining
Virunga National Park (1993)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 1993
Document Source: WHC-93/CONF.002/5
Threats*: Civil unrest Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Mining
Vredefort Dome (2009)
States Parties: South Africa
Year: 2009
Document Source: WHC-09/33.COM/7B
Threats*: Deliberate destruction of heritage Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution
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
W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (2005)
States Parties: Burkina Faso Benin Niger
Year: 2005
Document Source: WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev
Threats*: Management systems/ management plan Mining Water infrastructure
W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (2004)
States Parties: Burkina Faso Benin Niger
Year: 2004
Document Source: WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Threats*: Mining Water infrastructure
W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (2003)
States Parties: Burkina Faso Benin Niger
Year: 2003
Document Source: WHC.03/27.COM/7B,WHC.03/27.COM/7B.Corr
Threats*: Mining Water infrastructure
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Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Ghana Guinea Kenya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Mozambique Niger Senegal Seychelles South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe
Threats
Illegal activities 231 Management systems/ management plan 228 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 107 Financial resources 103 Mining 97 Civil unrest 92 Land conversion 87 Human resources 68 Ground transport infrastructure 61 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 60 War 59 Housing 52 Solid waste 33 Water (rain/water table) 32 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 31 Legal framework 31 Water infrastructure 29 Crop production 24 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 23 Management activities 23 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 22 Forestry /wood production 17 Commercial hunting 15 Fire (widlfires) 14 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 13 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 11 Oil and gas 10 Invasive / alien freshwater species 10 Subsistence hunting 9 Storms 9 Interpretative and visitation facilities 8 Surface water pollution 8 Flooding 8 Water (extraction) 7 Wind 6 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 6 Drought 6 Relative humidity 5 Translocated species 5 Marine transport infrastructure 4 Air pollution 4 Deliberate destruction of heritage 4 Desertification 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 3 Input of excess energy 3 Governance 3 Industrial areas 2 Earthquake 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Air transport infrastructure 1 Major linear utilities 1 Pests 1 Society's valuing of heritage 1 Other climate change impacts 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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