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State of Conservation

165
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56
Properties concerned
30
States Parties with SOC reports
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Date Start: 2019close
Region: Africaclose
Rwenzori Mountains National Park (2023)
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
Rwenzori Mountains National Park (2021)
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
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*: Civil unrest Illegal activities Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting Management systems/ management plan Oil and gas War
Salonga National Park (2021)
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
Salonga National Park (2019)
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
Sangha Trinational (2023)
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
Sangha Trinational (2021)
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
Sangha Trinational (2019)
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
Selous Game Reserve (2024)
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
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*: Financial resources Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 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
Selous Game Reserve (2021)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7A.Add
Threats*: Financial resources Forestry /wood production Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 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
Selous Game Reserve (2019)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2019
Document Source: WHC/19/43.COM/7A.add.2,WHC/19/43.COM/INF.7.Rev.4
Threats*: Financial resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 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
Serengeti National Park (2024)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.3
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Surface water pollution Water infrastructure
Serengeti National Park (2023)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Drought Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
Serengeti National Park (2021)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Air transport infrastructure Drought Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Major linear utilities Water (extraction) Water infrastructure
Simien National Park (2023)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2023
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B
Threats*: Crop production Financial resources Governance Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts
Other Threats: Declining populations of Walia ibex, Ethiopian wolf and other large mammal species; Human wildlife conflicts
Simien National Park (2021)
States Parties: Ethiopia
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Crop production Financial resources Governance Human resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Major linear utilities Management systems/ management plan Other climate change impacts
Other Threats: Declining populations of Walia ibex, Ethiopian wolf and other large mammal species; Human wildlife conflicts;
Stone Town of Zanzibar (2024)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.4
Threats*: Commercial development Financial resources Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Natural disasters and lack of risk-preparedness
Stone Town of Zanzibar (2023)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Commercial development Financial resources Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Natural disasters and lack of risk-preparedness
Stone Town of Zanzibar (2021)
States Parties: United Republic of Tanzania
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Commercial development Financial resources Housing Human resources Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Legal framework Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats: Natural disasters and lack of risk-preparedness
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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 Zimbabwe
Threats
Management systems/ management plan 128 Illegal activities 82 Mining 50 Land conversion 49 Housing 39 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 37 Ground transport infrastructure 36 Civil unrest 36 Financial resources 33 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 29 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 24 Legal framework 24 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 23 War 23 Human resources 23 Water infrastructure 22 Management activities 22 Oil and gas 21 Governance 19 Interpretative and visitation facilities 18 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 18 Forestry /wood production 17 Water (rain/water table) 17 Solid waste 16 Surface water pollution 16 Fire (widlfires) 13 Drought 10 Other climate change impacts 10 Commercial development 9 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 9 Major linear utilities 8 Deliberate destruction of heritage 8 Ground water pollution 7 Commercial hunting 7 Subsistence hunting 7 Invasive / alien freshwater species 7 Air transport infrastructure 6 Crop production 6 Water (extraction) 6 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 5 Air pollution 4 Wind 4 Society's valuing of heritage 4 Translocated species 4 Marine transport infrastructure 3 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Relative humidity 3 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 3 Terrorism 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Earthquake 3 Industrial areas 2

* : 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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