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State of Conservation

1554
Reports
160
Properties concerned
91
States Parties with SOC reports
Property Category:Naturalclose
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2006
Document Source: WHC-06/30.COM/7A
Threats*: Civil unrest Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Mining War
Danger List:  Yes
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*: Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Mining War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 2002
Document Source: WHC-02/CONF.202/18
Threats*: Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Mining War
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*: Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Mining War
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*: Illegal activities Mining War
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*: Illegal activities Mining War
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*: Illegal activities Mining War
Danger List:  Yes
States Parties: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year: 1997
Document Source: WHC-97/CONF.208/4B,WHC-97/CONF.208/8B
Threats*: Illegal activities Mining War
States Parties: Botswana
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Governance Invasive / alien freshwater species Management systems/ management plan Mining
Other Threats: Animal sanitation and diseases; Transboundary management of water resources
States Parties: Botswana
Year: 2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B
Threats*: Governance Invasive / alien freshwater species Management systems/ management plan Mining
Other Threats: Animal sanitation and diseases; Transboundary management of water resources
States Parties: Botswana
Year: 2018
Document Source: WHC/18/42.COM/7B
Threats*: Governance Invasive / alien freshwater species Management systems/ management plan Mining
Other Threats: Animal sanitation and diseases
States Parties: Botswana
Year: 2016
Document Source: WHC/16/40.COM/7B
Threats*: Governance Invasive / alien freshwater species Management systems/ management plan Mining
Other Threats: Animal sanitation and diseases
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 1992
Document Source: WHC-92/CONF.002/12
Threats*: Pollution of marine waters
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 1991
Document Source: SC-91/CONF.002/15
Threats*: Pollution of marine waters
States Parties: United States of America
Year: 1990
Document Source: CC-90/CONF.004/4
Threats*: Pollution of marine waters
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
Document Source: WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Fire (widlfires)
Other Threats:
States Parties: Brazil
Year: 2021
Document Source: WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add
Threats*: Fire (widlfires)
States Parties: Kiribati
Year: 2024
Document Source: WHC/24/46.COM/7B
Threats*: Fishing/collecting aquatic resources
Other Threats: Degradation of seamounts
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Threats
Management systems/ management plan 789 Illegal activities 761 Mining 393 Ground transport infrastructure 355 Land conversion 319 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 313 Water infrastructure 298 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 272 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 249 Civil unrest 234 Financial resources 234 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 163 Oil and gas 156 Human resources 150 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 149 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 141 Legal framework 136 Surface water pollution 133 Housing 129 Forestry /wood production 118 War 111 Major linear utilities 85 Fire (widlfires) 80 Governance 80 Water (extraction) 75 Crop production 70 Invasive / alien freshwater species 61 Storms 60 Renewable energy facilities 58 Commercial hunting 56 Marine transport infrastructure 48 Other climate change impacts 47 Air pollution 45 Subsistence hunting 43 Water (rain/water table) 35 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 34 Drought 34 Invasive / alien marine species 31 Ground water pollution 28 Management activities 28 Solid waste 27 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 27 Non-renewable energy facilities 26 Localised utilities 24 Input of excess energy 23 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 23 Industrial areas 22 Changes to oceanic waters 22 Pollution of marine waters 19 Translocated species 18 Air transport infrastructure 17 Temperature change 17 Quarrying 11 Interpretative and visitation facilities 9 Commercial development 8 Society's valuing of heritage 8 Deliberate destruction of heritage 5 Aquaculture 4 Subsistence wild plant collection 4 Military training 4 Flooding 4 Avalanche/ landslide 4 Hyper-abundant species 4 Terrorism 3 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Earthquake 1 Tsunami/tidal wave 1 High 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.


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