State of Conservation
780
Reports
76
Properties concerned
30
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start:
1996close
Region:
Africaclose
States Parties: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Year: | 2005 |
Document Source: | WHC-05/29.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Year: | 2004 |
Document Source: | WHC-04/28.COM/15A.Rev |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Year: | 2003 |
Document Source: | WHC.03/27.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Mining Volcanic eruption |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Year: | 2002 |
Document Source: | WHC-02/CONF.202/18 |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Mining Volcanic eruption |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Year: | 2001 |
Document Source: | WHC-01/CONF.208/09,WHC-01/CONF.208/9,WHC-01/CONF.208/INF.4,WHC-2001/CONF.205/4,WHC.01/CONF.208/INF.4 |
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 |
States Parties: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Year: | 2000 |
Document Source: | WHC-2000/CONF.202/4,WHC-2000/CONF.204/9 |
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 |
States Parties: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Year: | 1999 |
Document Source: | WHC-99/CONF.204/4,WHC-99/CONF.209/13 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
States Parties: | South Africa |
Year: | 2013 |
Document Source: | WHC-13/37.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution |
States Parties: | South Africa |
Year: | 2011 |
Document Source: | WHC-11/35.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution |
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 |
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 |
States Parties: | Burkina Faso Benin Niger |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Terrorism |
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 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Terrorism |
States Parties: | Burkina Faso Benin Niger |
Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add |
Threats*: | Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Terrorism |
States Parties: | Burkina Faso Benin Niger |
Year: | 2005 |
Document Source: | WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan Mining Water infrastructure |
States Parties: | Burkina Faso Benin Niger |
Year: | 2004 |
Document Source: | WHC-04/28.COM/15B |
Threats*: | Mining Water infrastructure |
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 |
States Parties
Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Mozambique Niger Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 483 Illegal activities 415 Mining 216 Land conversion 212 Civil unrest 183 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 166 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 160 Housing 152 Financial resources 151 War 131 Human resources 127 Ground transport infrastructure 123 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 87 Management activities 84 Water infrastructure 78 Solid waste 72 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 68 Legal framework 66 Oil and gas 62 Water (rain/water table) 55 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 55 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 50 Fire (widlfires) 48 Forestry /wood production 45 Surface water pollution 38 Governance 37 Interpretative and visitation facilities 36 Crop production 33 Drought 32 Commercial hunting 31 Deliberate destruction of heritage 30 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 27 Subsistence hunting 25 Invasive / alien freshwater species 24 Major linear utilities 21 Water (extraction) 20 Marine transport infrastructure 17 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 17 Other climate change impacts 17 Translocated species 17 Industrial areas 16 Air transport infrastructure 11 Air pollution 11 Commercial development 10 Ground water pollution 10 Flooding 10 Relative humidity 9 Society's valuing of heritage 8 Wind 7 Storms 6 Earthquake 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 5 Changes to oceanic waters 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Terrorism 3 Volcanic eruption 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Pests 1 Desertification 1 Low impact research / monitoring 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.