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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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Threats* : Illegal activitiesclose
Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (2023)
States Parties: Niger
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A
Threats*: Illegal activities
Danger List:  Yes
Area de Conservación Guanacaste (2023)
States Parties: Costa Rica
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities
Other Threats: Fires (intentional and accidental)
Banc d'Arguin National Park (2023)
States Parties: Mauritania
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities
Białowieża Forest (2023)
States Parties: Belarus Poland
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Illegal activities
Other Threats: Alterations of the hydrological regime; Border fence impeding mammal movements
Dja Faunal Reserve (2023)
States Parties: Cameroon
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities
Other Threats: Risk of loss of ecological connectivity
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex (2023)
States Parties: Thailand
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Illegal activities
Other Threats: Forest fragmentation / Need for ecological corridors
Galápagos Islands (2023)
States Parties: Ecuador
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities
Garamba National Park (2023)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities
Danger List:  Yes
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (2023)
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A
Threats*: Illegal activities
Other Threats: Serious concerns over the conservation status of two species, vaquita (porpoise species) and totoaba (marine fish)
Danger List:  Yes
Kahuzi-Biega National Park (2023)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities
Other Threats: Villages in the ecological corridor between the highland and lowland sectors of the park
Danger List:  Yes
Lake Baikal (2023)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Illegal activities
Lake Malawi National Park (2023)
States Parties: Malawi
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities
Lake Turkana National Parks (2023)
States Parties: Kenya
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities
Danger List:  Yes
Landscapes of Dauria (2023)
States Parties: Mongolia Russian Federation
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities
Lorentz National Park (2023)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities
Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas (2023)
States Parties: Zimbabwe
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (2023)
States Parties: India
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities
Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (2023)
States Parties: Central African Republic
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities
Danger List:  Yes
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (2023)
States Parties: Mexico
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities
Other Threats: Decline in the overwintering population of Monarch butterflies in the property
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (2023)
States Parties: Côte d'Ivoire Guinea
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Illegal activities
Danger List:  Yes
Niokolo-Koba National Park (2023)
States Parties: Senegal
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities
Danger List:  Yes
Okapi Wildlife Reserve (2023)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities
Danger List:  Yes
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park (2023)
States Parties: Viet Nam
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities
Pirin National Park (2023)
States Parties: Bulgaria
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities
Rainforests of the Atsinanana (2023)
States Parties: Madagascar
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A
Threats*: Illegal activities
Danger List:  Yes
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (2023)
States Parties: Honduras
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities
Other Threats: Overlap with important archaeological sites implying a need to harmonize management of cultural and natural heritage
Danger List:  Yes
Sagarmatha National Park (2023)
States Parties: Nepal
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities
Other Threats: Human-wildlife conflict
Salonga National Park (2023)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities
Sangha Trinational (2023)
States Parties: Central African Republic Congo Cameroon
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities
Selous Game Reserve (2023)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Illegal activities
Other Threats: Significant decline of wildlife populations due to poaching ; Need for increased involvement of local communities
Danger List:  Yes
Serengeti National Park (2023)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities
Simien National Park (2023)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities
Other Threats: Declining populations of Walia ibex, Ethiopian wolf and other large mammal species; Human wildlife conflicts
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (2023)
States Parties: Costa Rica Panama
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Illegal activities
Other Threats: Lack of a long-term biological monitoring program
The Sundarbans (2023)
States Parties: Bangladesh
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Illegal activities
Other Threats: Need for an assessment of cumulative impacts on the property via a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (2023)
States Parties: Indonesia
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Illegal activities
Danger List:  Yes
Virunga National Park (2023)
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7A.Add.2
Threats*: Illegal activities
Danger List:  Yes
Volcanoes of Kamchatka (2023)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities
Other Threats: Decline in populations of wild reindeer and snow sheep
W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (2023)
States Parties: Burkina Faso Benin Niger
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2
Threats*: Illegal activities
Western Caucasus (2023)
States Parties: Russian Federation
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Illegal activities
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Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Ecuador Ethiopia Guinea Honduras India Indonesia Kenya Madagascar Malawi Mauritania Mexico Mongolia Nepal Niger Panama Poland Russian Federation Senegal Thailand United Republic of Tanzania Viet Nam Zimbabwe
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* : 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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