State of Conservation
232
Reports
59
Properties concerned
30
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start:
2017close
Region:
Africaclose
| States Parties: |
 Benin
|
| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Governance Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Fire at the site |
| States Parties: |
Benin
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Governance Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Fire at the site |
| States Parties: |
Benin
|
| Year: | 2019 |
| Document Source: | WHC/19/43.COM/7B.Add,WHC/19/43.COM/INF.7.Rev.4 |
| Threats*: | Governance Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Fire at the site |
| States Parties: |
Benin
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Governance Interpretative and visitation facilities Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Fire at the site |
| States Parties: |
 United Republic of Tanzania
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2 |
| Threats*: | Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Deterioration of the architectural heritage fabric |
| States Parties: |
United Republic of Tanzania
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Deterioration of the architectural heritage fabric |
| States Parties: |
United Republic of Tanzania
|
| Year: | 2018 |
| Document Source: | WHC/18/42.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Erosion and siltation/ deposition Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan |
| Other Threats: | Deterioration of the architectural heritage fabric |
| States Parties: |
 Uganda
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2 |
| Threats*: | Fire (widlfires) Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Mining Other climate change impacts |
| States Parties: |
Uganda
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Fire (widlfires) Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Mining Other climate change impacts |
| States Parties: |
Uganda
|
| Year: | 2018 |
| Document Source: | WHC/18/42.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Fire (widlfires) Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Mining Other climate change impacts |
| States Parties: |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas War |
| States Parties: |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7A |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas War |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
| Year: | 2019 |
| Document Source: | WHC/19/43.COM/7A.Add |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas War |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
| Year: | 2018 |
| Document Source: | WHC/18/42.COM/7A.Add |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas War |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7A,WHC/17/41.COM/7A.Add |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Illegal activities Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas War |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 Central African Republic Congo Cameroon
|
| Year: | 2023 |
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Forestry /wood production Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Mining |
| States Parties: |
Central African Republic Congo Cameroon
|
| Year: | 2021 |
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Forestry /wood production Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Mining |
| States Parties: |
Central African Republic Congo Cameroon
|
| Year: | 2019 |
| Document Source: | WHC/19/43.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Forestry /wood production Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Mining |
| States Parties: |
Central African Republic Congo Cameroon
|
| Year: | 2017 |
| Document Source: | WHC/17/41.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Forestry /wood production Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Mining |
| States Parties: |
United Republic of Tanzania
|
| Year: | 2024 |
| Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.2 |
| Threats*: | Financial resources Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Invasive/alien terrestrial species Land conversion Legal framework Management systems/ management plan Mining Oil and gas Water infrastructure |
| Other Threats: | Significant decline of wildlife populations due to poaching ; Need for increased involvement of local communities |
| Danger List: | Yes |
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 175 Illegal activities 119 Mining 71 Land conversion 70 Housing 54 Civil unrest 53 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 52 Ground transport infrastructure 48 Financial resources 43 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 38 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 36 War 36 Water infrastructure 32 Human resources 32 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 31 Management activities 31 Oil and gas 29 Governance 27 Legal framework 26 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 25 Interpretative and visitation facilities 22 Solid waste 22 Forestry /wood production 22 Water (rain/water table) 21 Surface water pollution 20 Fire (widlfires) 19 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 15 Drought 14 Other climate change impacts 13 Major linear utilities 12 Deliberate destruction of heritage 12 Commercial hunting 11 Crop production 11 Commercial development 10 Air transport infrastructure 9 Subsistence hunting 9 Invasive / alien freshwater species 9 Ground water pollution 8 Water (extraction) 8 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 6 Society's valuing of heritage 6 Translocated species 6 Industrial areas 5 Marine transport infrastructure 5 Air pollution 5 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 5 Wind 4 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Relative humidity 3 Terrorism 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Earthquake 3
* :
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.
